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Is the coronavirus pandemic related to meat production?
… at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York. Dr. Benjamin Chapman, extension food safety … made it able to deal with the higher body temperatures of birds, which is about 41 degrees Celsius. You get the host …
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Destroyed habitat creates the perfect conditions for coronavirus to emerge
… to Mayibout 2 in 2004 to investigate why deadly diseases new to humans were emerging from biodiversity “hot … Infections and the Next Pandemic, recently wrote in the New York Times. “We cut the trees; we kill the animals or cage … populations where alongside us are bats and rodents and birds, pets and other living things. That creates intense …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… of science was deep and will be missed by many.” Raised in New York’s Capital Region, Lovett was shaped by summers at …
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Pandemics: Humans are the culprits
… diseases like COVID-19. The only way to prevent these new diseases from ravaging us is to preserve intact our … on earth was burning, and thousands of species of plants, birds and rare animals like orangutans were at risk. The … the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York, who researches how diseases like Lyme emerge in …
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Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem
… facility that he’d shared with infected pouched rats from Ghana. But his owners’ other prairie dog, … call: an opportunity for the virus to set up shop in a new animal host. One lasting interspecies hop, akin to the … Han , a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute, in New York. In Central and West Africa, where the virus is …
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Beech Bark Disease
… can crawl about, and may be dispersed by hitching a ride on birds or other animals. The insects can also be spread by … in the region where the trees are most abundant, including New York, New England, and southeastern Canada. What are the …
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Cary Institute receives $2 million gift to reimagine its headquarters
… Studies will support the transformation of its Millbrook, New York headquarters into the facilities needed to advance 21st … The two-year capital campaign was launched in 2020 to raise funds to reimagine the headquarters of one of the …
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Urban greening success could be as simple as scattering seeds
… Many cities are working to create new green spaces, but success is mixed. Greening projects … gentrification, and eliminate affordable housing. New York’s High Line, a disused train line turned park, is an … native plant communities can provide vital habitat for birds, pollinators, and other animals. Greening vacant …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… of Agriculture. Both have reported populations in New York. Emerald ash borer. Credit: … that the wind will pick it up and carry it to a new home. Birds and other wildlife could give it a lift, too. In the …
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Deadly diseases from wildlife thrive when nature is destroyed, study finds
… destruction of natural ecosystems increases the numbers of rats, bats and other animals that harbour diseases that can … outbreaks were likely unless nature was protected. The new analysis is the first to show how the demolition of wild … system.” The analysis found that small, perching birds were also disease hosts that do well in habitats …
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