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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
… trees in a tropical forest, we need to isolate their effects. We can't do that in a real forest because adding or … at the scale of individual trees. The model accounts for competition between plants for light and nutrients, nutrient … that number some context, 6.4Gt was the total amount of CO2 equivalents emitted in the US in 2017. It's comparable …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… whose current work focuses on measuring the long-term effects of zebra mussels on the Hudson River ecosystem, and … of fundamental long-term changes in the relationship between the river and the invader. The Cary group has been … of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:40
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… and an earnest smile, has been studying the relationships between ticks, rodents, deer, other mammals, and their … 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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Studying effects of temperature and competition on larval mosquitoes
Studying effects of temperature and competition on larval mosquitoes I knew that … To address this gap, I decided to examine the relationship between temperature, larval-stage competition, and survival …
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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
… determine potential carbon trajectories and relationships between land ownership, development, and carbon markets. Finally, she is identifying the tradeoffs between maximizing forest carbon storage and other forest … in ecology, hydrology, and geography to identify the effects of forest disturbance from extreme events on carbon …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… growing awareness of the harmful environmental and health effects of sodium chloride salts, their “sheer … salt use by 75 per cent. Striking the right balance between ensuring road safety in winter and protecting …
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Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America
… progress.” Groffman’s research focuses on climate effects on ecosystem biogeochemical processes related to … Groffman hopes to use his term to strengthen the interface between science and society, focusing on issues such as open …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… be having on wild bird populations. While the virus’s effects were readily apparent in urban areas, where birds … hit particularly hard, with abundance dropping by up to 45% between 1998 and 2005. Blue jays, American robins, eastern … same advisor as LaDeau, Peter Marra — was studying the effects of drought on the American redstart, and realized …
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… future SARS-CoV-2 strains with the potential to pass between animals and people. Photo by (clockwise from … to anticipate strains with the potential to spread widely between people and animals. The award comes from the U.S. … you can have multiple infected species interfacing via competition, predator-prey relationships, or other forms of …
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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 … fires, even if you are only exposed to smoke. The health effects of wildfire smoke exposure range from minor eye and … in the US, people start the vast majority of fires. Between 1992 and 2012, people were responsible for starting …
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