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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… fields smothered fish spawning sites, destroyed aquatic vegetation, and clogged fish gills; toxic metals, cyanide, … quality benefited people as well as aquatic life. Beaches along Lake Erie, the Hudson River and many other waters … the opportunity to develop and prosper. Entire waterside communities languished for decades while we waited patiently …
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Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
… species burn hotter and easier than others, the type of vegetation growing in a region influences the fires that … health consequences of inhaling smoke, which can impact communities far from the flames – sometimes whole … to a changing climate. Fire is going to be an inevitable component of many regions going forward. We need to learn …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… chloride ions damage the external protective layer of metal components in car chassis and accelerate tyre ageing. In … devastating winter storms of 2008, residents of villages along the Beijing–Zhuhai expressway reported issues with … pavements and bridges, while also protecting roadside vegetation. Kelly said she was unable to comment on …
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David Fischer
… included routine monitoring of the pelagic and benthic communities from Troy to Haverstraw as well as a number of more focused short term studies of the many habitats and communities associated with the river ecosystem. He is also … science research program monitoring submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the estuary. In addition David is now …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… the US, cities have embraced green infrastructure as a way to mitigate flooding, excessive heat, extreme weather, … so forth – are disproportionately felt by marginalized communities. Yet city agencies and governments have … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… Gary was a leader and collaborator in so many other communities, among them the Hubbard Brook Long Term … people together to tackle complex ecological issues in a way that maximized the usefulness of outcomes for everyone. … Gary! Thanks for advising me in such a kind and generous way during my 2-years research at Cary. I loved sampling …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities Combined stressors could impair … Soils are home to diverse microbial communities that cycle nutrients, support agriculture, and … land in northern Idaho that was free of grazing livestock. Vegetation cover at the collection site, primarily tallgrass …
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Helium balloons impose a toll on our air, land, and sea
… their buoyancy and come back to earth, they can land miles away from their release site. Photo by Greg Williams … last up to four years — plenty of time to do harm. For communities such as Chicago and Milwaukee, many balloons end … and latex ones. We’ve also seen many balloon remnants along the shores of North Manitou Island, including beaches …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… 700 years ago.” If the Lyme pathogen has been here all along, why was the disease absent—or at least not … that may have played a role in regulating the various components of the Lyme disease system. We have … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem
… But his owners’ other prairie dog, Monkey—named for the way he clambered about his cage—had contracted the … anteaters, rabbits, and a hefty handful of primates, along with other un-mousy mammals. In several of these … of the virus” in nature, then spilling it into human communities, Jamie Lloyd-Smith, a disease ecologist at UCLA, …
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