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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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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 …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34
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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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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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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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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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Leaded soil
… per million (ppm) of lead, presumably due to the widespread use of leaded gasoline. Similar values were reported in the urban soils in Baltimore, Maryland. Now 45 years later, Anna Wade, a doctoral student … 116: 22058-22064. Schwarz, K. and 5 others. 2012. The effects of the urban built environment on the spatial …
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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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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
… has cleared the way for cattle. When agricultural land is abandoned, remaining trees create habitat for … Studies and coauthor on the paper, explains, "We want to use this work to guide tropical reforestation to optimize … trees in a tropical forest, we need to isolate their effects. We can't do that in a real forest because adding or …
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