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

    … science, advancing understanding of how forests process pollution, cycle nutrients, and respond to pests and … that dry atmospheric deposition - from particles in the air - delivered as much or more nitrogen to forests than … into action drew on his expertise on the interplay between ecosystems and the atmospheric deposition of pollutants. …

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  2. Beech Bark Disease

    … tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … it can obtain from its food. In eastern North America, air pollution from fossil fuel combustion and agricultural …

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  3. Helium balloons impose a toll on our air, land, and sea

    Helium balloons impose a toll on our air, land, and sea When balloons lose their … Pollution Most of us … are readily transported by air and water currents. The effects of microplastics on aquatic life are not well …

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  4. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … Lyme and other tick-borne pathogens have emerged from ecosystems that have been disturbed, fragmented, and … was experiencing eye problems, perhaps due to the lingering effects of Lyme. To help me understand how the town of … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  5. Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends

    … oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends Plant diversity is generally much higher near the equator than the … today in Nature , is unique in identifying a biological factor that limits island biodiversity, at least … and maintain high diversity, particularly in tropical ecosystems.   “Mutualisms matter,” said …

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  6. Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US

    United States are changing, what this means for people and ecosystems, and how fire modeling can guide management.   … Canada, completely destroyed by wildfire. Other effects include health consequences of inhaling smoke, which … from the flames – sometimes whole continents away. Poor air quality due to smoke can cause wheezing, runny nose, eye …

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

    Pollution In January, … corrosion, its high cost means it is generally only used on airport runways. Chloride salts (such as sodium, calcium, … growing awareness of the harmful environmental and health effects of sodium chloride salts, their “sheer …

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  8. Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America

    … progress.” Groffman’s research focuses on climate effects on ecosystem biogeochemical processes related to … to global biogeochemical cycles, from urban to forest ecosystems, from soil to water, from national environmental … on issues such as open access, participatory science, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.  In a lecture on …

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

    … lots can serve people too. Plants absorb storm water, clean pollution from the air, cool hot city streets, and offer a glimpse of nature … lot of action out there.” Next, the team will explore effects of greening method on soil ecosystem services. …

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  10. With global challenges in mind, keeping a decades-long success story at the forefront

    … of the Multi-state Atmospheric Power Production Pollution Study (MAP3S) Network in 1976, and later the … communication of the information led to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, after which emissions plummeted … entire ecosystems for decades. “One of the major effects of acid precipitation was to strip the buffering …

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