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Beech Bark Disease
… bark is disfigured and hardly recognizable. The decline of canopy beech trees is often accompanied by growth of dense thickets of beech saplings, which will … tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… human development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban growth, habitat … 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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Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems
… streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on animals and ecosystems. A new study , … processes like nutrient cycling, oxygen levels, and algal growth. Coauthor Emma Rosi , a freshwater ecologist … of algae, bacteria, fungi, and invertebrates. The colonized leaf packs and rocks were then placed in Cary Institute's …
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Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space
… support for life on Earth. Soil moisture regulates plant growth, affecting wildlife and ecosystems. It also controls … moisture and temperature, as well as air temperature and leaf condition of surrounding trees. Meanwhile, up in space, … these two observation periods. Observers will travel to specific sites early in the morning when the satellite …
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The planetary toll of your morning coffee
… for decades. Most tropical ecologists believe that the growth and harvest of coffee in the shade—that is, under an intact canopy of tropical forest—is not too bad for the … concentrations that were above the threshold of undesirable effects on organisms (4 to 15 ug/L). If you must have …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… concentration of water sources and soil. This affects the growth of roadside plants, and can even lead to their … China’s central government published the “Technical specifications for snow removal operations on city roads”. … growing awareness of the harmful environmental and health effects of sodium chloride salts, their “sheer …
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison Simulations … data, vegetation and habitat information, the population growth and expansion of Palaeolithic humans across Eurasia, … years ago due to rapid warming of the climate and its effects on bison habitat. After that, the activities of a …
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Dr. Evan Gora
… landscape and beyond. Much of this research focuses on the effects of a rarely studied phenomenon – lightning – and the drivers of mortality for the largest and oldest trees in forest ecosystems. This research is key to … and function that extends from the forest floor to the canopy. Studies of decomposition are essential to …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… We should expect that the direct and indirect effects of fire will be an increasingly prevalent part of … for millions of people. Fire ecology is a major research area for Cary scientist Winslow Hansen , who directs the … seedlings to survive and establish the next generation of canopy trees. Large swaths of forests are a fire away from …
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In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests
… by lightning,” Gora notes. “When lianas are in the canopy, they amplify the effects of lightning strikes, resulting in more severe … than liana physical contact. Lianas did not increase the area or footprint damaged by lightning, but they increased …
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