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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… first to document that dry atmospheric deposition - from particles in the air - delivered as much or more nitrogen to … pollution monitoring, to prevent damage to our nation’s natural resources. Cary Senior Scientist Emeritus Charlie … probing mind, kind nature, and commitment to protecting the natural world, in particular forests. “Gary had a …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… change. Water clarity, water chemistry, food webs, and populations of native species, including fish, in the Hudson … suspension-feeders – animals that feed by removing tiny particles from the water. These animals can have large, … 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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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… some people believe that Lyme disease didn’t spill over naturally. Because Burgdorfer had ties to the US military, … nearly 150 different Borrelia burgdorferi genomes, the bacteria are “ancient.” They have been evolving in North … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems
… a local creek and left them to gather communities of algae, bacteria, fungi, and invertebrates. The colonized leaf packs … placed in Cary Institute's artificial streams to mimic a natural stream ecosystem. The spinycheek crayfish used in … these changes to magnify. Fewer crayfish could reduce populations of the fish that eat them like trout, bass, and …
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Destroyed habitat creates the perfect conditions for coronavirus to emerge
… ago it was widely thought that tropical forests and intact natural environments teeming with exotic wildlife threatened … and natural environments. “We have created densely packed populations where alongside us are bats and rodents and … by are more likely to get bitten by a tick carrying Lyme bacteria,” he says. Yet human health research seldom …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… admitted that widespread use of road salts for snow clearance is a cause of the damage. Road salts – …
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Paid summer fellowships available in the Catskills
… visitation impacts on trails; climate change and fish populations; and ecological and economic impacts of invasive … Fellows generate scientific insights that inform natural resource management, while gaining scientific … environment. The program strengthens relationships between natural resource managers and researchers and attracts new …
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… how SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) behaves in natural ecosystems, to anticipate strains with the potential … susceptible to infection. Viral outbreaks in most wild populations are under-observed, with estimations of the …
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Michael J Fargione
… the management of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies' natural areas and coordination of access to our properties … The protection and proactive management of the Institute's natural resources in the context of our land stewardship … the interactions between human actions and wildlife populations, and finding ways to mitigate human-wildlife …
lizzy elliott - 12/18/2020 - 09:50
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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
… trees can fertilize the soil with the help of partner bacteria. It has remained a puzzle why these trees do not … Funding for this research was provided in part by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NE/M019497/1, …
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