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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… white-footed mouse abundance is heavily influenced by the availability of acorns and other foods on the forest floor. … Indeed, by the time Lyme had begun to spread widely, forest cover in places like Connecticut had hit its apex and was … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds
… pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds Lakes have been growing increasingly … at mean 2010-2015 levels. For lakes in areas with light to moderate road density, the authors found that … those efforts,” Solomon concludes. Next steps include comparing the model’s predictions to observed data in …
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What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out
… and the University of Leeds, the team will work to train early career scientists. Evan Gora and … of forest at each of the five research sites, mapping the canopy’s 3D structure and photosynthetic activity in order … conditions, including rainfall, humidity, temperature, light intensity, vapor pressure, wind speed, and wind …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… change effects on forests of the eastern US, modeling light availability in agroforestry applications, and … US and Canada. She has run code on everything from 10-year-old laptops to national supercomputers. …
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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 … seedlings to survive and establish the next generation of canopy trees. Large swaths of forests are a fire away from … for biodiversity, carbon storage, and even water availability. Shrublands store less carbon, creating a …
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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
… extreme heat, and toxic pollution, while improving the availability and quality of urban green space. Across the … (There is also an associated press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …
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Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space
… weather forecasting and hone crop yield and seasonal water availability projections. Soil moisture can foreshadow … drought doesn’t change the water level in a stream. But a light rain after a long wet period will cause a flood. That … absorb any more water. So the water runs directly into streams and rivers. Knowing how much water is in soil is …
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Team Cary: Elsa Anderson
… it was really only a quarter of an acre, but to a five-year-old, it felt enormous. Those early experiences sparked my … to where they live. We are linking those answers to green cover. So far, findings indicate that the way people … patterns across the city? We have this idea that gaining canopy – putting green on the landscape – is inherently …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… Ann. Couples here and there strolled beneath the forest canopy toward spectacular views across Lake George and its … they’re small. A camper at DEC’s Glen Island Campground discovered the woolly adelgid. Environmental groups in … that move it from place to place. The bug is so small and light in its crawler stage that the wind will pick it up and …
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Racist housing practices from the 1930s linked to hotter neighborhoods today
… subjected to discriminatory, race-based housing practices nearly a century ago. In a study of 108 urban areas … neighborhoods on the redlining maps had the most tree cover in the city by 2011. Researchers on all three … Inequality database and compared them to heat and tree canopy data. The researchers looking at heat patterns used …
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