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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… to protect his privacy—was one of the kids in that early cluster of childhood cases in the town that would give … disease emerge—or re-emerge—when it did? And why has it spread with such tenacity? The short answer: heedless … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… hundreds of millions of dollars in economic damage and widespread ecological change. Water clarity, water … also works on the ecology and conservation of native pearly mussels, a highly diverse and imperiled group of … of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:40
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Beech Bark Disease
… know is that tiny insects hiding on that tree would spread to the native beech trees nearby and start the … indicating that the insects reproduce asexually. An early larval stage of the insect can crawl about, and may be … in northern hardwood forests: the importance of nitrogen dynamics and forest history for disease severity. Canadian …
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Football-sized invasive mussels nearly escaped detection. What else are we missing?
… about the eradication of a population of the Chinese pond mussel ( Sinanodonta woodiana ) has been offered as an … this mussel population was removed, apparently before it spread. In that sense, this is a success story. But the … to biology rather than bureaucracy. Second, the “early detection” of this mussel was a result of a random …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… Tuttle observed there are more than 1400 species of bats spread throughout the world and so we would expect them to … quickly. “When COVID first broke out some of the early speculations were that it even came from cobras. Can … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… soil were found to be 392 times higher than normal. As early as 2006, China’s central government published the … back to the 1940s, but it wasn’t until the late 1960s and early 1970s that scientists discovered their presence in … regulate the quantity of snowmelt agent that can be spread. When a snowfall event does not exceed 10mm, the …
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Cary Institute to offer immersive, paid research experience for teachers
… “Students need to engage with ecology and STEM early, to instill confidence in them that this is a field … those who work in schools that serve significant minority populations. Teachers from four under-resourced Hudson … to create and run simulations of future forest and fire dynamics, conduct field surveys of tick density and …
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
… fossils, and ancient DNA to reveal why the European bison nearly went extinct, and pinpoint optimal areas for … humans across Eurasia, and bison population and dispersal dynamics. Historical records, fossil evidence, and ancient … was responsible for losses in the west and south. The arrival of firearms in the 1500s dramatically hastened the …
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… ecosystems, to anticipate strains with the potential to spread widely between people and animals. The award comes … susceptible to infection. Viral outbreaks in most wild populations are under-observed, with estimations of the … lead this portion of the study. Understanding these dynamics should help to improve assessments of risk to …
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Victoria Kelly
… Data from the program have been used to understand the dynamics of road salt and the effects of climate change on … and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …
ltumblety - 08/01/2023 - 09:43