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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… phase of a tick’s life. In a forest of maple, oak, and pine on the eastern side of New York’s Hudson Valley, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … not particularly sexy. It won’t necessarily address the root cause of the problem. But that’s where things stand …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial … . Lead author Jane Lucas measures CO2 production from prairie soil samples in Moscow, Idaho. … increased soil respiration and dissolved organic carbon. Increases in these labile carbon pools can lead to a …
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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
… in Panama. To maintain pasture in this area, tree seedlings must be cut back by hand several times a year. … Sarah Batterman collects soil and root cores in a recovering Panamanian rainforest forest to … 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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The Spongy Moth in Our Yards and Forests
… and collapse. And by that, I mean there's rapid increases in moth density, and then they come back down … inability to produce new wood, or an inability to fight off root rots and other pathogens. The hardest thing to … of things kill trees; there is no...oak mortality is not elevated in Eastern oak forests over what we would expect. …
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Are wood pellets a green fuel?
… production of wood pellets for fuel is likely to put more CO2 in the atmosphere and maintain less biodiversity on the … resulted from natural establishment, but plantations of loblolly and slash pine were soon planted as the favorites of the forest …
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Trees and air pollution
… they emit pollen from their flowers. The release of pollen increases when plants grow at high levels of carbon dioxide, … Clark. 2006. Pollen production by Pinus taeda growing in elevated atmospheric CO2. Functional Ecology 20: 541-547. Lelieveld, J., J.S. …
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Cary Institute to host Climate Week NYC event on addressing the wildfire crisis
Cary Institute to host Climate Week NYC event on addressing the … uncharted fire territory. On September 20, join Cary Institute President Joshua Ginsberg and forest ecologist … climate change. His research has helped to project future increases in forest fires , reveal the impacts of fire on …
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Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends Plant … Arctic Circle. Scientists have noted several reasons why oceanic islands buck the trend. Distance and isolation … due to plants' co-dependence on other organisms such as root fungi and pollinators, according to a new paper. …
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Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents
Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in … over time and space, said Han. The study will focus on RNA-based viruses — such as coronavirus, hantavirus, and enterovirus — many of which pose an elevated risk to humans. “This study will be an …
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Selected Publications by Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
Selected Publications by Dr. Winslow D. Hansen Abatzoglou, J.T., … Hansen, B.J. Harvey, and C.A. Kolden. 2021. Projected increases in western US forest fire despite growing fuel … Hansen, W.D., N.B. Schwartz, A.P. Williams, K. Albrich, L.M. Kueppers, A. …