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  1. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … confounding, and it is spreading, sometimes to devastating effect. From that outbreak in New England, as well as a … the Northeast’s depleted lands for the rich post-glacial soil of the Midwest. The forests came back in a big way. By … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  2. Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

    Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities Combined stressors … projection. For each treatment, the team monitored soil respiration, acidity, microbial community composition and … dioxide is released into the atmosphere as a gas. This effect could turn an important carbon sink into a carbon …

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  3. Keeping the invasive bugs at bay

    … really serious about making sure you don’t import soil, plants or anything into New Zealand.” In the … participate. Santos said APHIS believes the standard’s effect will grow as more countries join the U.S. as … baskets are for everything from catching fish to washing corn. They were the inspiration for the Adirondack pack …

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  4. Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?

    … are tend to be used on regular roads. But their corrosive effect on cars and roads is a major problem. As an example, … salts increase the salt concentration of water sources and soil. This affects the growth of roadside plants, and can … rivers, lakes and groundwater, and began to discuss their effect on the environment. To date, thousands of …

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  5. Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend

    … the first to highlight that while the Clean Air Act was effective at reducing the quantity of pollutants that went into the atmosphere, it failed to take into account the different sensitivities of ecosystems and biodiversity that … & enjoyed very much our discussions about the fate of soil C and N on those plots. I will always remember you! …

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  6. Atrazine

    … Atrazine is a widely used herbicide, especially in corn, to control weeds at planting time. Atrazine affects … has spent the past 20 years investigating atrazine’s effects on amphibians , finding that at levels of less than … harmful to amphibians. While most atrazine is decomposed by soil microbes within days, a certain fraction can persist …

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

    … a disused train line turned park, is an example of this effect. The study focused on establishing native plants, … planting plugs, and gardening.  Seed bombs are balls of soil, clay, and seeds, which are dispersed over soil and left to germinate. Broadcasting involves spreading …

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  8. Trump's gutting of environmental rules is pushing us back into dark days of ignorance [Opinion]

    … of environmental protections. The rules, which went into effect Thursday, will allow all sorts of pollutants to be … on farms and in neighborhoods, it would move from soil and water into little insects and then into little fish …

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  9. Linking Pasture Management & Delivery of Belowground Ecosystem Services

    … plot studies investigating how grazing, plant composition, nutrient deposition, and precipitation reduction impact … as well as root production and turnover, and ultimately soil organic matter responses. Next, Dr. Wilson will present … the remaining challenges in linking the management of our agroecosystems aboveground to what happens belowground, and …

  10. Dr. Arielle Biro

    … ranging from climate, fire, species composition, and soil nutrients, affect the future of boreal forests under … Biology from Yale University where she worked on nutrient acquisition and plant-microbe interactions in African savannas. Her research focused on understanding how soil nutrients, soil microbes, fire, and nitrogen fixation …

    ltumblety - 12/06/2023 - 08:49