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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… deep and will be missed by many.” Raised in New York’s Capital Region, Lovett was shaped by summers at Helderberg Lake in a cabin his parents built by hand. He received a BS … family, friends, and discipline. His influence is deep & has shaped thought about ecosystems, & ecology more …
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July: Stay cool
… This explains why you cool down so much faster in a cool lake than in cool air. Photo by Ali Eminov … taste of the tropics. When we look for ways to beat July’s heat, we often end up in the water – sprinklers, … put one ice cube on the counter in 70 degree air and the second in a big glass of 60 degree water, and watch what …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… hear so many grim stories about the environment that it’s easy to forget that we can solve large, complex … and excessive nutrient loads fueled runaway algal growth in Lake Erie. Over his long life, Trautman watched as … but we can still take action and improve our world. Second, the history of the Clean Water Act could be misread …
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Can humans be part of healthy ecosystems?
… untouched by our influence. CrowdScience listener Teri has witnessed the harmful effects of development on natural … part of a healthy ecosystem. We look for answers in Teri’s home state, California. Humans have lived here for over … Tribe Department of Natural Resources Dr Frank Kanawha Lake - US Forest Service Research Ecologist and Tribal …
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Dr. Danielle Hare
… hared@caryinstitute.org Currently, Dr. Hare’s research focuses on studying the response of stream … Experimental Forest and Dr. Solomon and Dr. Stuart Jones in lake productivity patterns across broad-scale landscapes. … restoration of a cranberry farm in SE Massachusetts, which has been now transitioned to the Tidmarsh Wildlife …
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The Lost Snail of the Yangtze
… Rocks from the Yangtze River, containing the world’s only known specimens of Helicostoa sinensis . Credit: … All around the world, the rapids and gorges of our largest rivers harbor mysterious animals like Helicostoa … Rapids of the lower Congo River. Credit: Red Bull. Second, most of the Earth’s great rapids are isolated …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… beneath the forest canopy toward spectacular views across Lake George and its wooded islands. It was an Indian summer … accounting for nearly 80% of the trees in the lake’s watershed. The state Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed this summer the second known attack in the Adirondack Park . It was …
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Football-sized invasive mussels nearly escaped detection. What else are we missing?
… non-native species management than its successes. Here’s the basic story. In 2007, the New Jersey Conservation … weren’t carried out of the ponds and planted in a nearby lake by a curious nature-lover during those nine long years. … that matters to biology rather than bureaucracy. Second, the “early detection” of this mussel was a …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost? Salting roads can … the salt can wash into the surrounding soil, as well as lakes and streams, possibly contaminating reservoirs and … to only use road salts where it is demonstrably needed. The second is to use environmentally friendly agents wherever …
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Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America
… Groffman , a senior research fellow at Cary Institute, has been elected the 2025 president of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). ESA is the nation's largest organization of professional ecologists. Its mission …
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