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  1. Getting parks out of green infrastructure purgatory

    … into cities’ greening efforts. While parks offer numerous ecosystem services, they are inconsistently considered in … cities, mediating urban heat islands. On an individual level, the psychological benefits of spending time in green … exclusively focus on green infrastructure as a stormwater management strategy. This is because in 2007, the EPA …

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  2. 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 is needed to better understand what actually is a safe level of salt in a freshwater ecosystem. The US applies … in salt use. This can be done safely by adopting best management practices and new technologies . As a test of …

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  3. 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 … Use Education and Research. Stormwater management features at the Henrietta Lacks Educational Park … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …

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  4. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … say above, is a polite way to put it. “We fucked up the ecosystem” is probably a better way to say it. … a reduction in the abundance of infected nymphs: More mid-level predators = fewer rodents = fewer infected nymphs. … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  5. Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning

    … GIequity.org Researchers from Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the New School’s Urban Systems Lab … vary widely and are often narrowly focused on stormwater management. (There is also an associated press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …

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  6. Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems

    … in crayfish behavior, with the potential to disrupt stream ecosystem processes like nutrient cycling, oxygen levels, and algal growth.  Coauthor Emma Rosi , a … killing them and behavioral changes can have ecological consequences. More work is needed to understand how …

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  7. Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space

    … Contributors: Vicky Kelly – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Andreas Colliander – Jet Propulsion … rain after a prolonged drought doesn’t change the water level in a stream. But a light rain after a long wet period … soil moisture globally. What sorts of on-the-ground management activities can SMAP-derived soil data improve …

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  8. Team Cary: Elsa Anderson

    … preserves. The students were trained in environmental management, with activities like brush clearing, trail … wall. Those forests are still on the landscape, providing ecosystem services for people and habitat for wildlife … as a scientist is absolutely critical. There are so many options; be persistent in searching for and applying for …

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  9. Urban greening success could be as simple as scattering seeds

    … Urban green spaces can yield many benefits, but there are management and equity concerns. Greening projects that are … This shows that planting method has long-term ecological consequences. Our findings can inform decisions on what … the team will explore effects of greening method on soil ecosystem services. Citation Anderson, E.C., Minor, …

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  10. Applying science to natural resource management in the Catskills

    Applying science to natural resource management in the Catskills Targeting research … Gary Lovett , a forest ecologist at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, has been studying Catskill forests and … registries, to determine whether perceived risk and level of trail experience influence trail users’ decision …

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