A fungus discovered on Lord Howe Island off Australia’s east coast poses a massive threat to a number of iconic plant species that live there, and the Island’s ecosystem as a whole.
So, what is this fungus? Where did it come from and how did it get to Lord Howe Island? And what dangers does it pose to Australia’s native plant species?
In this podcast episode of The Science Briefing, Dr Sophie Calabretto gets an update on the fungal outbreak at Lord Howe Island from Cosmos Magazine journalist Imma Perfetto.
Originally published by Cosmos as A deadly plant-infecting fungus has shut down an iconic Australian island
Imma Perfetto
Imma Perfetto is a science journalist at Cosmos. She has a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Science Communication from the University of Adelaide.
Sophie Calabretto
Dr Sophie Calabretto is a mathematician specialising in fluid mechanics. She is Honorary Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and Honorary Associate Professor, at the ACE Research Group, University of Leicester.
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