Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 20, May 2025. SignificanceVetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides), native to Thailand and Java, is highly attractive to the rice stem borer (Chilo suppressalis, RSB), a major rice pest in Asia. As a result, it is widely used as an effective trap plant for controlling RSB in …
Observations from the Little Bunker
Last updated: August 18, 2025 04:13 PM
Atmospheric CO₂
425.4 ppm
+18.4
ppm/year
Atmospheric CH₄
1934.91 ppb
+9.11
ppb/year
Global Temperature
+1.48 °C
Peak: +1.73°C
World Population
8.1 billion
+67
million/year