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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 … live in a world where a simple walk in the woods may lay us low or even upend our lives. It’s a world in which ticks … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  2. 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 … are tend to be used on regular roads. But their corrosive effect on cars and roads is a major problem. As an example, … snowmelt agents with clear environmental advantages and low production costs are developed, chloride salts will …

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  3. Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

    … Peter Hoch collects prairie soil samples in Moscow, Idaho. Photo by Jane Lucas. November 8, 2021 … Soil samples were treated with either a high dose, low dose, or no dose of the antibiotic; these were heated at … dioxide is released into the atmosphere as a gas. This effect could turn an important carbon sink into a carbon …

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

    … have the potential to alter stream functioning Photo by Stefan via iNaturalist June 15, 2021 … streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on animals and ecosystems. A new study , … aggression in crustaceans. Our study found that exposure to low doses of citalopram – at levels currently found in …

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  5. Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space

    … also controls water and heat exchange between the Earth and atmosphere – processes that determine weather patterns.  … over landscapes dominated by grasslands, crops, and other low-growing vegetation. However, much of the Earth’s … so that critical water resources are used efficiently and effectively.  During the intensive …

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  6. What is a species?

    … of genetic differences to recognize species. Red wolf. Photo by Ucamari Photography May 30, 2023 … Act is widely regarded as having saved various species with low population numbers from extinction. The number of … without its problems.  For instance, how do we classify two populations of individuals that could interbreed, but …

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  7. A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change

    … a serious bout of the illness continue to experience the effects of the disease, such as loss of muscle mass and … have a statistically significant trend.” But Ostfeld emphasized that now is the time for dedicating more … about Powassan and many other tick-borne diseases is low, public health officials told Grist. But resources to …

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  8. 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 … bacteria from human waste) around New York City improved following the Clean Water Act. Black areas were too polluted … USEPA. A dramatic turn around As the law came into effect, conditions in Ohio’s waters and around the country …

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  9. Beech Bark Disease

    … transport system and causing it to deteriorate slowly. Photo by Joseph O’Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org … tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … is lacking. Evidence of disease resistance There is a low level of natural resistance to beech bark disease in the …

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  10. Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem

    … for maintaining this virus in the wild.” Photo by Orhan June 21, 2022 … and for us. Experts consider the possibility unlikely—“low risk, but it is a risk,” says Jeffrey Doty, a disease … Scientists first discovered monkeypox in the 1950s, in two species of monkeys housed at a Danish animal facility; …

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