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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… He received a BS in Biology from Union College (1975) and a PhD from Dartmouth College in Biology and Plant Ecology … the first to highlight that while the Clean Air Act was effective at reducing the quantity of pollutants that went … as the most severe threat to forest health throughout the eastern US. Dr. Canham notes “The thing that I consider …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… environment and fueled an era of tick-borne diseases. Photo by Spongetastic69 July 25, 2022 … confounding, and it is spreading, sometimes to devastating effect. From that outbreak in New England, as well as a … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… that helped support this counterintuitive discovery. Photo by August Davidson-Onsgard December 20, 2023 … redstart migration. Instead, she was trying to see what effect West Nile virus might be having on wild bird … to 45% between 1998 and 2005. Blue jays, American robins, eastern bluebirds, chickadees, tufted titmouses, and house …
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Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents
… that melds fieldwork, AI, and metaviromics. Photo: A wood mouse ( Apodemus sylvaticus ) in Wytham … wild rodents and the viruses they carry in both the UK and Eastern Uganda. The project focuses on rodents because they … it includes trapping rodents, tagging them, and collecting fecal samples for viral RNA extraction. Radio frequency …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… toxic pollutants from reaching our waters each year. Photo by National Archives June 29, 2022 … of people into the Hudson River, where concentrations of fecal bacteria were far too high for safe swimming or … USEPA. A dramatic turn around As the law came into effect, conditions in Ohio’s waters and around the country …
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Angela Hood
… with others. I completed my Master in Arts of Teaching at Eastern Michigan University, and I began my teaching career … the wonders of the natural world. In pursuit of new challenges and experiences, I made the move to Baltimore …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… and the woolly adelgid in about 17. Woolly adelgid. Photo by Nicholas Ionelli November 6, 2020 … that the tiny insect was multiplying about 27 miles up the eastern side of the lakeshore in Washington County. If … participate. Santos said APHIS believes the standard’s effect will grow as more countries join the U.S. as …
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Diluting disease
… the ecology of tick-borne illnesses including a remarkable phenomenon called the dilution effect. In front of a live audience, we discussed the … White-footed mice, which are common in the forests of the eastern and central U.S., are especially good at carrying …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… impacts on roads and human health need addressing. Photo by Duncan Rawlinson February 15, 2024 … roads after heavy snowfalls. Residents of the north-eastern Chinese city even reported hearing their chassis … are tend to be used on regular roads. But their corrosive effect on cars and roads is a major problem. As an example, …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… practices at risk of reinforcing systemic inequalities Photo by Dan Reed December 1, 2022 … efforts also address social injustices and inequality? A new analysis in Landscape and Urban Planning concludes … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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