Page not found
-
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 … the most important papers in this area. He worked with The Nature Conservancy on Threats from Above, a report … miss him and his words of wisdom tremendously.” A long-time resident of Stanford, NY, Gary was on the Town of …
0 comments
-
Ask the scientists: GLEON
… a generous gift of $200,000 to support this work. Cary’s Kathleen Weathers , a founding GLEON co-chair, was one … I am enthusiastic about the interdisciplinary nature of GLEON and its active student involvement. Over 30% … It was eye-opening to see how lake systems can change over time due to human activity. I hope that my work …
0 comments
-
Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
… to inhabit. A new paper, published today in Nature , is unique in identifying a biological factor … “It makes sense that mutualisms would limit a plant’s ability to migrate to an island; if the odds of a plant … its mutualistic partner surviving the journey at the same time are even lower.” However, scientists had not …
0 comments
-
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 … hierarchical regression, was relatively novel at the time, but has since become an important tool for ecologists … also impacted. The team published their findings in Nature in 2007. LaDeau’s work …
0 comments
-
Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… between people and animals. The award comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health … will use models to account for how wildlife interacts in nature, where you can have multiple infected species … being spread to many different species at the same time,” said Kramer, who will lead this portion of the …
0 comments
-
Jonathan J. Cole: In Memory
… - July 25, 2023) August 9, 2023 It's with a heavy heart that we share news of the death of … Nina Caraco and Jon Cole in early 1980s, during their time at Woods Hole Research Center. Colleague Stuart … interests.” These interests included adventure in nature, with Bill Schlesinger recalling Jon's, “special …
0 comments
-
Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… global headlines. A Malayan tiger residing in New York’s Bronx Zoo, Nadia was among the first animals known to have … coronavirus could adapt to new hosts, Letko said. “At the time, it was a little strange to see,” he said of the 2018 … the researchers wrote in an article published in Nature this past spring. Such studies—and the current …
0 comments
-
How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… in the freezer. Fatigue knocked him flat for hours at a time. Red rashes ravaged his skin. Finally, the headaches … on his parents’ bedroom floor and squeeze his mother’s hand, afraid he wouldn’t make it to morning. This was … human meddling with Mother Earth. We pull at the strings of nature, and the consequences of its unraveling are …
0 comments
-
Beech Bark Disease
… It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. When the gardeners of the Public Gardens of Halifax, … the structure and food webs of forests from Canada’s Maritime Provinces to North Carolina. What is beech … until the invasion of the beech scale 1 . The exact nature of the interactions between these organisms is an …
0 comments
-
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 … virus is now getting plenty more shots on goal. This time, we may not get so lucky; the geography of monkeypox … itself inside of a viable host. But in the wilds of nature, “you can break your back and end up getting only …
0 comments