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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… LaDeau’s work showed that in 1999 and the early 2000s, West Nile virus caused a drop in American crow … approach gave us the opportunity to really broaden out the spatial scope of what we were considering.” “It's … in urban areas. Since then, her work with Baltimore Ecosystem Study has helped to unravel how the built and …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… The study, led by researchers at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and The New School’s Urban Systems Lab … affected communities in the planning, implementation and evaluation of projects, and less than 10% identified the … 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
… and Senior Scientist Emeritus at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, died on December 17, while skiing with … in 1985. He recalls, “Gary was incredibly bright and an early adopter of using computer models to understand … been diverse and have had a very high impact.” His early research transformed how scientists calculate forest …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… to protect his privacy—was one of the kids in that early cluster of childhood cases in the town that would give … say above, is a polite way to put it. “We fucked up the ecosystem” is probably a better way to say it. … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Beech Bark Disease
… indicating that the insects reproduce asexually. An early larval stage of the insect can crawl about, and may be … transforming the dominant tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and … cycling caused by an introduced pest/pathogen complex. Ecosystems 13:1188–1200. 3 Griffin, J. M., G. M. Lovett, …
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The threat nobody is talking about? Covid spillback
… recent years. Ebola jumped from humans to great apes in the early 2000s with devastating consequences, the H1N1 … back and forth between its new host and humans. Ominous warnings can be found in the cases of yellow fever, Ebola, … , a disease ecologist at New York’s Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, created a computer model which …
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In hot water with COVID and climate
… get it. The U.S. populace jumped into a pan of hot water in early March. Following initial narcissistic denial, even the … to do so—even mocking the scientists who have offered the warnings. Now, as the consequences of a warmer climate …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… quickly. “When COVID first broke out some of the early speculations were that it even came from cobras. Can … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … but that is not the bat itself (as a source). It’s a whole series of events that led to a spillover of …
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Scientists develop warning system to reduce harm from toxic algal bloom
… and regional economies. Automated System To Spot the "Regime Shift" Phenomenon A study related to the process … the study, revealed that their automated system perceived early warnings about two weeks before the bloom. "In the …
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Angela Hood
… native who's been captivated by science and nature since my early years. As a kid, I wasn't afraid to get my hands …
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