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Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds
… Solomon , who studies lake ecology at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. However, he cautions that more research … US applies an estimated 24.5 million tons of road salt on its roads every winter — mostly in the form of sodium … spikes in chloride. “We hope others will elaborate on the approach and make better predictions. But in the meantime …
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Can humans be part of healthy ecosystems?
… wonders whether we can ever function as part of a healthy ecosystem. We look for answers in Teri’s home state, … Humans have lived here for over 10,000 years and its first inhabitants formed a connection to their landscape unlike the exploitative approach of many later settlers. Today, the beliefs and …
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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 … and practice that led him to forge collaborations with nonprofits, government, and industry, chief among them his … world, in particular forests. “Gary had a gracious approach to science and professional interactions—no ego …
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… of different hosts, stockpiling mutations that can change its behavior, transmissibility, or ability to evade vaccines … Han , PhD, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York, said in an interview. … you the next Omicron.” Han is taking a computational approach to identify where these new variants might arise. …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… of childhood cases in the town that would give the disease its infamous name. Lyme disease today, though less of a … 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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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… Salting roads can make winter driving safer, but its corrosive impacts on roads and human health need … environmental monitoring program manager, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies For instance, in Beijing in 2005, … of snow removal. When presented with these cities’ approaches, Kelly agreed with them. She also highlighted …
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Cary Institute to offer immersive, paid research experience for teachers
… Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies is launching a new program to support … award from the National Science Foundation as part of its Research Experiences for Teachers Sites in Biological … The sticky, urgent problems of global change need to be approached through the thinking of many different …
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Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America
… nation's largest organization of professional ecologists. Its mission is to advance the science and practice of … Groffman’s research focuses on climate effects on ecosystem biogeochemical processes related to carbon and … (2020-2021). Looking ahead, Groffman hopes to use his term to strengthen the interface between science and …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… to survive the return trip to the northernmost parts of its range. With less rain at the overwintering sites, the … collected in the winter region. The Breeding Bird Survey approach gave us the opportunity to really broaden out the … in urban areas. Since then, her work with Baltimore Ecosystem Study has helped to unravel how the built and …
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
… Ecosystem Engineering , … Land-use & Human Impacts , … efforts have helped to restore wild populations, and its numbers are on the rise. However, the study authors …
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