Page not found
-
Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
… Growing trees absorb carbon emissions and store them as woody biomass. As a result, reforestation of land once cleared for … stages of forest regrowth, including early-, mid-, and late-successional species, plus nitrogen fixers. By changing the …
0 comments
-
In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests
In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests March 27, 2023 … it is estimated that lightning kills more than 16% of tree biomass annually, including 40-50% of the largest trees. …
0 comments
-
The woody biomass hoax
The woody biomass hoax Since most of the wood pellets are … Carbon Forests are too valuable to burn, but growing interest in … worse than coal. Numerous studies show that the use of woody biomass, often as pellets, in place of coal results in …
0 comments
-
Woody biomass fuels
Woody biomass fuels We have used fossil fuels with … out that even in the Southeast, there is a greater area of forests than several decades ago. Recent studies show that … use strategies to mitigate climate change in carbon dense temperate forests. Proceedings o f the National Academy of …
0 comments
-
How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban growth, habitat degradation, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … in the United States today. Ostfeld is putting his primary hope in vaccines. While an early vaccine, developed …
0 comments
-
Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
… activity in western North America and determine how and why forests may respond. Here, Hansen discusses how fires in the … How many wildfires are caused by humans? People are the primary cause of wildfires. In the continental US, people … deficit has led to an abundance of brush and dead plant debris in some western landscapes. Paired with drying …
0 comments
-
Rare spotting of moose on Cary's Hudson Valley campus
… whereabouts unknown. While at Cary, she hung out in swampy forests and secluded openings, mostly out of sight of people … camera. Like deer, moose are herbivores that browse on woody twigs during winter when other foods are scarce. Also … These ticks feed on moose (and elk and caribou) as their primary host during all life stages. Winter ticks don’t …
0 comments
-
Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … has not been confirmed from bats. “Bats still get the primary blame, even for MERS, despite clear documentation … of humans in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific and Indian Ocean Islands still eat bats. Thousands of inhabitants of the …
0 comments
-
Exploring How Social and Ecological Factors Shape Fisheries
… only to fisheries, but also to other shared resources like forests, pastures, groundwater, and the atmosphere. The … the world. Many models of lake fisheries assume that coarse woody structures in the water – like felled trees and …
-
Dr. Ian McGregor
… from lightning. The research is centered on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, in collaboration with other sites across the … the US, northern Europe, central Africa, and Myanmar with a primary focus in forest ecology. Dr. Ian …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:41