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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… confounding, and it is spreading, sometimes to devastating effect. From that outbreak in New England, as well as a … underbrush, possibly reducing tick populations. The oak trees too are back, but without the sky-darkening droves of … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Once, America had its own parrot
… to what is now Oklahoma. “I have seen branches of trees as completely covered by them as they could possibly … on a farmer’s field, “they present to the eye the same effect as if a brilliantly coloured carpet had been thrown … Cruz, who was not involved in the new study, said this pattern has been observed in two other bird species that …
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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, … For instance, in Beijing in 2005, over 11,000 street trees, 1.49 million shrubs and almost 200,000 square metres … on a large scale. Professor Liu Yong, of the College of Forestry at Beijing Forestry University, explained that the …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… redstart migration. Instead, she was trying to see what effect West Nile virus might be having on wild bird … during her postdoc, helping to hang nets between mangrove trees to capture the birds. “The birds fly in and get … we decided that we could go a step further and see if the patterns in the breeding region agreed with the data that …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… air - delivered as much or more nitrogen to forests than rainfall. Gary also advanced scientific understanding of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and … the first to highlight that while the Clean Air Act was effective at reducing the quantity of pollutants that went …
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Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
… wildfire regimes? ‘Wildfire regime’ describes the pattern of fire frequency, size, and severity that is … fire allows light to reach the forest floor and helps young trees grow. Plus, when fallen leaves, branches, and other … Canada, completely destroyed by wildfire. Other effects include health consequences of inhaling smoke, which …
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Monarchs
… decline is the Monarch—a species with an iconic migration pattern between habitats throughout the eastern U.S. and … loss in agricultural fields because of herbicide use: Effect on the Monarch butterfly population. Insect …
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The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases
… scientists say there is a “ biodiversity dilution effect ” in which declining biodiversity results in … says his team’s research shows a “consistent, general pattern that loss of biodiversity is associated with … of exposure to vector-borne diseases, such as the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a tick-borne haemorrhagic fever …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… these hemlocks—a species accounting for nearly 80% of the trees in the lake’s watershed. The state Department of … participate. Santos said APHIS believes the standard’s effect will grow as more countries join the U.S. as … insidious thing. It looks green. It looks just fine to the untrained eye, until it’s too late.” Satellites help …
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Destroyed habitat creates the perfect conditions for coronavirus to emerge
… emerging from biodiversity “hot spots” like tropical rainforests and bushmeat markets in African and Asian … recently wrote in the New York Times. “We cut the trees; we kill the animals or cage them and send them to … global health, security and economies.” Amplification Effect In 2008, Jones and a team of researchers …
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