{"id":242578,"date":"2023-05-16T21:13:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=242578"},"modified":"2023-05-16T21:13:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:43:49","slug":"eretmoptera-murphyi-how-the-invasion-of-a-tiny-insect-is-altering-antarcticas-soil-its-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/eretmoptera-murphyi-how-the-invasion-of-a-tiny-insect-is-altering-antarcticas-soil-its-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Eretmoptera murphyi: How the invasion of a tiny insect is altering Antarctica\u2019s soil & its ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/b> The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cHow the invasion of a tiny insect is altering Antarctica\u2019s soil & its ecosystem\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Down To Earth <\/b>on 16th May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

According to a study by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a <\/span>tiny flightless midge (small fly) \u201c<\/span>Eretmoptera murphyi\u201d<\/span><\/i> that has colonized Antarctica’s Signy Island is driving fundamental changes to the island’s soil ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Eretmoptera murphyi?<\/b><\/h2>\n
\"Eretmoptera
Source: Down To Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eretmoptera murphy is an invasive species on Antarctic Signy Island.<\/span><\/p>\n

Native:<\/b> It is a native of South Georgia, a sub-Antarctic Island, and was accidentally introduced to Signy in the 1960s during a botany experiment. Its proliferation became apparent in the 1980s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eretmoptera murphyi feasts on dead organic matter <\/b>and has led to faster plant decomposition, thus increasing the soil nitrate levels by three-five times compared to places on the island where only native invertebrate species live.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cause for the spread: <\/b>Experts believe that the spread of this midge, murphyi in Antarctica may have been caused by humans who carried insects on their shoes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Concerns: <\/b>Eretmoptera murphyi <\/span>can also survive in water, which raises concerns that it could spread to other islands.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has become a big problem as the tiny insect has spread to a much larger area with multiplying populations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The activity of the midges, along with climate change, may also create conditions for other invasive species to become established and accelerate the effects of climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cHow the invasion of a tiny insect is altering Antarctica\u2019s soil & its ecosystem\u201d published in Down To Earth on 16th May 2023 What is the News? According to a study by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a tiny flightless midge (small fly) \u201cEretmoptera murphyi\u201d that has… Continue reading Eretmoptera murphyi: How the invasion of a tiny insect is altering Antarctica\u2019s soil & its ecosystem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10504,10514],"class_list":["post-242578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699894511},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}