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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… William Cronon recounts in his classic book Changes in the Land. What’s more, colonists rendered large areas of New … 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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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… of Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of rising temperatures and a common livestock … was selected because it is a common antibiotic whose use is expanding on cattle farms. Monensin is inexpensive, … The team collected samples of prairie soil from preserved land in northern Idaho that was free of grazing livestock. …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… highway. The local government admitted that widespread use of road salts for snow clearance is a cause of the … growing awareness of the harmful environmental and health effects of sodium chloride salts, their “sheer … juice, for example, can disrupt the nutritional balance of wetlands when it enters water bodies. Reduce salts and …
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
… Land-use & Human Impacts , … 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. Jazlynn Hall
… with Dr. Winslow Hansen and Dr. Charlie Canham to use simulation models and geospatial analysis to examine … potential carbon trajectories and relationships between land ownership, development, and carbon markets. Finally, … in ecology, hydrology, and geography to identify the effects of forest disturbance from extreme events on carbon …
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Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space
… and prevention managers can all put soil moisture data to use. Coauthors Vicky … dominated by grasslands, crops, and other low-growing vegetation. However, much of the Earth’s surface is … we are monitoring soil moisture across two swaths of land the size of SMAP’s 20 x 20 mile ‘footprint’ …
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Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
… and fuel (like dry leaves, branches, and dead grass) on the landscape. In the western US, higher temperatures and … Canada, completely destroyed by wildfire. Other effects include health consequences of inhaling smoke, which … How are you projecting future fire activity? We use computer models and information on climate, fuel …
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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 … cycles, from urban to forest ecosystems, from soil to water, from national environmental policy to media, … (2020-2021). Looking ahead, Groffman hopes to use his term to strengthen the interface between science and …
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Atrazine
… has spent the past 20 years investigating atrazine’s effects on amphibians , finding that at levels of less than … the precautionary principle, the European Union banned the use of atrazine in 2004, but the U.S. Environmental … across the contiguous United States: the importance of land use, hydrology, and water physiochemistry. Limnology …
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Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds
… concludes that if we can hold steady or decrease road salt use, levels in many lakes could stabilize below thresholds … it can leach toxic metals and radioactive materials from soil and water pipes. Solomon saw the upward-trending … to explore how other forms of global change — such as land use or climate change — alter both precipitation and …
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