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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… could impair soils’ ability to cycle nutrients and trap carbon Research assistant Peter Hoch collects prairie … of Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of rising temperatures and a common livestock … and dissolved organic carbon. Increases in these labile carbon pools can lead to a reduction in long-term …
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Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change
… Research: Ecology, published by IOP Publishing, assessed effects of past and current climate variability on global … priorities, support forest adaptation efforts, and improve carbon accounting. Lead author Winslow Hansen , a … temperate forests in Asia, and tropical forests in the southern Amazon. Hansen concludes, “As climate …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… By the middle of the 19th century, roughly three-fourths of southern New England had been deforested, transformed into … 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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Beech Bark Disease
… tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … near Cleveland, Ohio, and has since spread to New York and southern New England 5 . It appears to be caused by a … and J. M. Griffin. 2010. Long-term changes in forest carbon and nitrogen cycling caused by an introduced …
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Measuring soil water from space
… NASA collaboration aims to help predict global effects of flooding and drought. November 18, 2019 … on their undersides that open during the day, allowing carbon dioxide to enter and water to escape. That water is … the northern edge, and from Verbank, NY to Kent, CT on the southern edge. The sensors monitor two things: soil water …
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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
Dr. Jazlynn Hall Forest and Landscape Ecologisthallj@caryinstitute.org Currently, Dr. Hall’s research focuses on studying forest carbon in the western United States and Alaska. At the Cary … 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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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, … microbes to global biogeochemical cycles, from urban to forest ecosystems, from soil to water, from national …
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Dr. Evan Gora
Dr. Evan Gora Forest Ecologist Expertise forest ecology, … landscape and beyond. Much of this research focuses on the effects of a rarely studied phenomenon – lightning – and … the composition of our forests and their capacity to store carbon. After plants die, they decompose with major …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:10
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
Dr. Winslow D. Hansen Forest Ecologist Expertise forest ecology, … climate and sustain life globally. Trees sequester carbon emissions that cause climate warming, support much of … of the SORTIE-ND forest model, forecasting climate change effects on forests of the eastern US, modeling light …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
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 … timescale, and it will have implications for biodiversity, carbon storage, and even water availability. Shrublands …
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