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  1. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … forest with little fear. Only later, after years in and out of clinics where doctors drained warm yellow liquid from … effect. From that outbreak in New England, as well as a smattering of early cases elsewhere around the country, Lyme … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  2. Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges

    … worsened and drove dozens of Ohio’s fish species out of their native waters into shrinking refuges or out of … Southerly Plant effluent. In addition, large quantities of black heavy oil floating in slicks, sometimes several inches … unsightly floating mess. Anaerobic action is common as the dissolved oxygen is seldom above a fraction of a part per …

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  3. Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

    … Rising temperatures alone increased soil respiration and dissolved organic carbon. Increases in these labile carbon pools can … says, “Forces of environmental change do not play out in isolation. Our results show that heat alone, …

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  4. Caught on Camera: Our Wildlife Neighbors

    … (e.g. mechanical problems, weather, animals knocking them out of place)? A.   Most camera problems we have … .     Q.   Will black bears kill fawns? A.   Black bears are … Fargione  34:44   Here's the groundhog checking in. No matter that it was here first; now it has to avoid becoming …

  5. Nature's Best Hope - Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

    … I was rewarded because an insect started to chew its way out of the acorn. First, the two little hole for its head, … relationships, many, most of them, are in trouble. As a matter of fact, nature itself is on the ropes these days. … listening to me. I mentioned carotenoids not because I love organic chemistry. Now I'm crying. I mentioned carotenoids …

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

    … models to understand ecosystem processes. He also turned out to have a gift for bringing people together to tackle … remarkable about Gary’s science career was his transition out of the confines of academia to take on the threat of … Inventory at the time of his death. Our hearts go out to Gary’s family, including his wife, Janet Allison, …

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

    … size and time in the environment. Keeping plastic litter out of our bodies of water is essential to reducing … balloons illegal, which seems wise given the fact that no matter where they end up, they become litter. And unless and …

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  8. July: Stay cool

    … heat. Evaporation is what makes you shiver when you step out of the water into a summer breeze. The high heat … streams can be achingly cold, even in July. Trout seek out these cool refuges on the hottest summer days, and so do … Michigan and Superior are 39 degrees during the summer, no matter how hot the air is. Even small Michigan lakes have …

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  9. Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution

    … recognized (and I thoroughly agree) that soils with lots of organic matter are good for plant growth, retention of water and … them with government grants; no-till is now practiced on about 40% of agricultural land in the U.S. Supplying food …

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  10. Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US

    … droughts create favorable conditions for wildfires to break out. More frequent, intense storms come with lightning … Plus, when fallen leaves, branches, and other dead plant matter burn, the ashes enrich forest soils. Many species …

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