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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… but at what cost? Salting roads can make winter driving safer, but its corrosive impacts on roads and … China – prevent ice forming on the road by lowering the freezing point of water. Pure water becomes ice at 0C, but … growing awareness of the harmful environmental and health effects of sodium chloride salts, their “sheer …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to streams. … & enjoyed very much our discussions about the fate of soil C and N on those plots. I will always remember you! …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… was experiencing eye problems, perhaps due to the lingering effects of Lyme. To help me understand how the town of … the first known outbreak, I called Steere up one day this winter. He took me back to the early days and described the … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Beech Bark Disease
… tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … eat from the ground. This helps the bears fatten up for the winter hibernation. The loss of beech trees, especially the …
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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 carbon and nitrogen cycles. In addition to his role at Cary, he is a … cycles, from urban to forest ecosystems, from soil to water, from national environmental policy to media, …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities Combined stressors … of Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of rising temperatures and a common livestock … microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes. They …
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Dr. Arielle Biro
… Winslow Hansen at the Cary Institute. Her research in the Forest Futures Lab focuses on using simulation modeling to … ranging from climate, fire, species composition, and soil nutrients, affect the future of boreal forests under … understanding how soil nutrients, soil microbes, fire, and nitrogen fixation affect savanna tree growth and ecosystem …
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Winter Wonderland No More? Climate Change & Northeastern Forests
Winter Wonderland No More? Climate Change & Northeastern … decades – including cutting edge experiments exploring effects of climate change on winter weather. Discover why … snowpack helps prevent winter tree injury while protecting soil health, water quality, and forest wildlife. And learn …
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In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients
In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce … “We’ve long known that nitrogen-fixing trees work with soil microbes to make atmospheric nitrogen available to … fertilize other plants throughout the forest, with broad effects on nutrient cycling in the forest community.” …
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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
… lake habitable for a variety of organisms. Understanding effects of stratification on aquatic animals and water … fluctuation of atmospheric pressure that affects winter and spring weather in much of the northern … are also seeing that many lakes in the Northeast aren’t freezing at all. This could impact whether lakes will …
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