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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… on his parents’ bedroom floor and squeeze his mother’s hand, afraid he wouldn’t make it to morning. This was in the mid-1970s, in the little … the number of Lyme-infected nymphs in the forest will peak right around May, June, and early July, when humans are …
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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
… data for Mohonk Lake, a small headwater lake on New York’s Shawangunk Ridge. They found that lake stratification is … David Richardson. What is lake mixing and why is it important? Lakes in northern temperate regions … many different aspects of stratification – like timing, peak, and strength – all in one number. In this work, …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward The story behind a … long-term drying trend throughout the Caribbean is making it harder for the redstart to survive the return trip to … from West Nile — presumably because the virus’s mosquito vectors were more likely to thrive. That finding …
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Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem
… he told me, “who infected half of Wisconsin’s cases.” Chewy, a prairie dog, had by that point … swaddle himself in their clothing until they returned. “It was sweet,” Slifka told me. “But I was like, ‘Can … virus is now getting plenty more shots on goal. This time, we may not get so lucky; the geography of monkeypox …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… Mentor, Advocate, & Friend December 20, 2022 It is with great sadness that we share that Gary M. Lovett … deep and will be missed by many.” Raised in New York’s Capital Region, Lovett was shaped by summers at Helderberg … and a high quality human being. Scott Ollinger Speaking on behalf of our fellow staff who have worked with …
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Lyme disease season is here. These are tips on how to avoid it.
… Lyme disease season is here. These are tips on how to avoid it. The basic symptoms mirror Covid-19, and that’s a worry nobody needs. Plus, a serious illness like Lyme … any unnoticed hangers-on. Lyme symptoms can show up any time between two days and three weeks after a bite. Fever, …
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Catching the next pandemic early: the coronavirus is one example
… at a recent talk in New York City ; probably because the speaker, disease ecologist Barbara Han , has a … predicts if an animal is a disease carrier, she said, it’s hard to know whether to celebrate over or feel even more …
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Once, America had its own parrot
… parakeet was beautiful, and doomed. What could have driven it to extinction? December 22, 2019 … wrote in 1830. When the parrots landed on a farmer’s field, “they present to the eye the same effect as if a … no coincidence the Isthmus of Panama emerged around that time. Once North America and South America became connected, …
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Low-income Baltimore blocks host bigger, more dangerous mosquitoes
… American Over the past five decades mosquito populations in parts of the U.S. have skyrocketed by a factor of 10—a situation with … [a disease] to be introduced and take off, the more likely it is to happen,” LaDeau says. If mosquito-borne diseases …
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In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes
… from University of Maryland - College Park, collecting mosquito larvae in a vacant lot in Baltimore. Credit: … This invasive species dominates in urban areas, where it is an aggressive day-biter that targets people and can … risk of contracting mosquito-borne illnesses. There’s a pressing need to address infrastructure abandonment and …
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