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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… of ecosystem science, advancing understanding of how forests process pollution, cycle nutrients, and respond to … with The Nature Conservancy on Threats from Above, a report highlighting the need for ecologically-relevant air … for the town, and was in the process of leading a Natural Resource Inventory at the time of his death. Our hearts …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… Mother Earth. We pull at the strings of nature, and the consequences of its unraveling are impossible to reckon. … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … climate. With it has come the alpha gal syndrome, which causes some people to become allergic to red meat. …
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Dr. Evan Gora
… Evan Gora is a forest ecologist investigating the causes and consequences of plant death. Plants play crucial roles in … helps us understand the current stressors affecting forests and begin to predict how forests will change in the …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:10
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Machine learning IDs mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2
… Ecosystem Studies, comments, “SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, originated in an animal before making the … on these systems. Our findings lead to more effective resource management, policy actions, and environmental … are global experts in the ecology of: cities, disease, forests, and freshwater.
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How to stop the next pandemic
… and on how we can slow or stop the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19. But I want to take a moment to look ahead. … suppress them by an additional 25%. Source: Cascading Consequences of the Loss of Large Mammals in an African … also keeps rodent abundance low in northeastern forests of the United States. This has huge consequences for …
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
… in captivity. Scientists have long debated the exact causes of the grazers’ near extinction, and how much … test the importance of each variable. If human removal of forests was turned down to zero, for example, and there was … methodology could also be adapted to reconstruct the causes of population declines and range collapses of other …
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Dr. Jane M. Lucas
… of microbial life, primarily in soils, from tropical forests to farmlands around the world. A central question: … active compounds into the environment – with unknown consequences. Using field studies and new molecular tools, …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:12
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What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out
… aims to find out The largest trees in tropical forests store a stunning amount of carbon. A new tree … conditions, including rainfall, humidity, temperature, light intensity, vapor pressure, wind speed, and wind … while crown dieback may signal water stress. The dominant causes of death may turn out to be different at different …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… US, causing unprecedented declines in air quality. Sunlight was dimmed, haze reduced visibility, and the air … and in many cases smelling, is from large fires in boreal forests of Canada. In these ecosystems, while fire is less … warm, the atmosphere is able to hold more water. This causes water to be increasingly pulled from the land’s …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… evaluation of projects, and less than 10% identified the causes of uneven risk distributions and vulnerability. If … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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