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  1. Beech Bark Disease

    York, New England, and southeastern Canada. What are the impacts of beech bark disease? Beech is one of the most … is the only species that produces “hard mast”-- large seeds that serve as important food for wildlife. Turkeys, blue jays, squirrels, deer, bears, and many other animals rely on beech seeds in …

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  2. Dr. Winslow D. Hansen

    … fire regimes in the Sonoran Desert and  anthropogenic impacts on mutualist interactions (seed dispersal and  pollination). She received her M.Sc. in … model, forecasting climate change effects on forests of the eastern US, modeling light availability in agroforestry …

    ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15

  3. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … Carried by the black-legged tick (often referred to as the deer tick), it is the most common vector-borne disease in … vector—specifically, by black-legged ticks, those sesame-seed-size insects with eight legs and anesthetizing bites. … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  4. Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward

    … gradually moving northward to cooler climates. However, a new study finds that climate change is pushing at least one … to 45% between 1998 and 2005. Blue jays, American robins, eastern bluebirds, chickadees, tufted titmouses, and house … “Climate change is having increasingly severe impacts on many migratory animals,” says Dossman. “The …

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  5. Michael J Fargione

    … projects currently involved in include studies of: The impacts of deer on forest communities and how these impacts can be altered using habitat management and …

    lizzy elliott - 12/18/2020 - 09:50

  6. Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend

    … was deep and will be missed by many.” Raised in New York’s Capital Region, Lovett was shaped by summers at … as the most severe threat to forest health throughout the eastern US. Dr. Canham notes “The thing that I consider …

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  7. Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change

    … Forests A new study out today in the first issue of Environmental … all at once, and we expect this to cause really different impacts across ecosystems, including forests. Our study … of forest at greater risk. These include boreal forests in eastern North America, temperate forests of the …

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  8. Helium balloons impose a toll on our air, land, and sea

    … tranquil. But what goes up must come down, with serious impacts on the environment. While airborne, balloons … shorebird. Another concern is that helium is a nonrenewable resource with many crucial industrial, medical … For a memorial, you can fly kites, light candles, use seed paper to “plant” meaningful messages (perhaps a …

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  9. A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change

    … tick, a minuscule arachnid about the size of a sesame seed when fully grown. Blacklegged ticks, commonly known as deer ticks, carry a wide range of illnesses. They’re best … temperatures are helping ticks shift their ranges into new areas, and warmer winters are helping the bloodsuckers …

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  10. Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem

    … call: an opportunity for the virus to set up shop in a new animal host. One lasting interspecies hop, akin to the one that SARS-CoV-2 has made into white-tailed deer, and monkeypox will be “with us forever” in the … impossible to snuff out; the emergence of new ones could seed future outbreaks in places where they’re not …

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