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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… of passenger pigeons that once competed with rodents for tree nuts and possibly suppressed mouse and chipmunk … 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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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 … verges that contain plants. Rather than being piled into tree pits or onto grass, ice and snow that had been exposed … growing awareness of the harmful environmental and health effects of sodium chloride salts, their “sheer …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… Expertise forest ecology, social-ecological resilience, natural disturbance 845 677-7600 … of the SORTIE-ND forest model, forecasting climate change effects on forests of the eastern US, modeling light … Sara’s research focuses on how mechanisms of individual tree survival scale to community-level forest change, …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… We should expect that the direct and indirect effects of fire will be an increasingly prevalent part of … , who directs the newly formed Western Fire and Forest Resilience Collaborative , a multi-year initiative … are burning have experienced fire before, and are home to tree species that are fire adapted. What is changing is the …
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Beech Bark Disease
… cause bark lesions that grow and eventually girdle the tree, disrupting its internal nutrient transport system and … tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … is lacking. Evidence of disease resistance There is a low level of natural resistance to beech bark disease in the …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… of Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of rising temperatures and a common livestock … communities – degrading soil microbe efficiency, resilience to future stress, and ability to trap carbon. The … Soil samples were treated with either a high dose, low dose, or no dose of the antibiotic; these were heated at …
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Transforming urban systems: Toward sustainability
… and changing rapidly in form and function, with spillover effects on virtually all areas of the Earth. The UN … ecosystem, disturbance and extreme events in urban systems, resilience in cities and urban communities, dynamic … by interacting biophysical, social, and technological components. Four case studies were detailed: extreme urban …
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Measuring soil water from space
… NASA collaboration aims to help predict global effects of flooding and drought. November 18, 2019 … as colleagues from California, Michigan, and Maryland. Tree leaves play a major role in removing water from soil … in the summer when trees are in full-leaf and soil water is low. These ground-truth data will allow us to adjust …
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Climate change water variability hurts salamander populations
… says Lowe. “This work … expands our knowledge about the effects of climate change on a diverse group of species that … very important but it is also important to realize that all components of the ecosystem are impacted by climate change. … it is birds, salamanders, grizzly bears, or maple trees, how everything interacts and functions is important …
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In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests
… Evan Gora , the paper’s lead author and a Research Fellow at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, explains, “ Lightning is a major cause of tree death and forest disturbance , yet it has been … notes. “When lianas are in the canopy, they amplify the effects of lightning strikes, resulting in more severe …
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