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Toward a more inclusive definition of green infrastructure
… of the use and definition of the green infrastructure concept in US city plans. Lead author Zbigniew … funding and cause cities to miss out on vital social and ecological services that more integrative green … conceptualization was broad, taking in parks, trail systems, gardens, and other natural landscape features that …
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… hippopotamuses, and others, according to the World Organization for Animal Health, founded as OIE. “With … our diseases to other animals,” he said, referring to the concept of reverse zoonosis. “We’re part of an … it will spill over,” Letko said. “That’s where the ecological factors come into the picture.” Prime among …
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Transforming urban systems: Toward sustainability
Transforming urban systems: Toward sustainability Synthesis of five … and unification. Pickett explains, “Urban ecological science is a young discipline. Because of its … diversity. Frameworks were explored using a ‘metacity’ concept that conceives of urban areas, at any scale, as …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… Lyme and other tick-borne pathogens have emerged from ecosystems that have been disturbed, fragmented, and … the scientists wrote, “but rather was driven by the ecological change in North America beginning in the colonial … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Cary Institute receives $2 million gift to reimagine its headquarters
… reimagine the headquarters of one of the nation’s leading ecological research organizations. Staff are global experts … diseases, and the impact of climate change on ecological systems. The Tozers’ gift will allow Cary Institute to … to come. We are honored to make a major legacy gift to an organization whose expertise in such areas as aquatic …
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Ask the scientists: GLEON
Ask the scientists: GLEON Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network members share how they got … sharing and use. I am interested in learning which data organization methods promote efficient data sharing. … comes out of GLEON. I am learning a lot about how our lake systems function and the human effects that are taking a …
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Getting parks out of green infrastructure purgatory
… cities? In an abstract sense, green infrastructure is a concept that helps us think about the many ways that natural … this understanding, they are more likely to include natural systems in their work. In a more concrete sense, green … as green infrastructure? Parks are at the core of urban ecological networks. Their services extend beyond park …
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Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America
Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America January 22, 2024 … Society of America (ESA). ESA is the nation's largest organization of professional ecologists. Its mission is to … to global biogeochemical cycles, from urban to forest ecosystems, from soil to water, from national environmental …
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Dr. Manette Sandor
… and increased fire impacts western US forests and other ecological communities. Fire in the western US is both an … and applied management within western US socioecological systems to understand what the future of these systems look like and how we can apply evidence-based …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:44
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… (the virus that causes COVID-19) behaves in natural ecosystems, to anticipate strains with the potential to … from people to wildlife, and how new strains could impact ecological communities. Whereas most current disease … “This part of the study is where we will move from concept to concrete,” said Letko. “Making predictions on …
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