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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… contributions have been diverse and have had a very high impact.” His early research transformed how … nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that dry atmospheric deposition - from particles in the air - … into action drew on his expertise on the interplay between ecosystems and the atmospheric deposition of pollutants. …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… fires. Climate change driven drought is causing fuels to dry out, increasing flammability and the frequency of fires. … creating the recipe for catastrophic wildfires. Storms with high winds and lightning add to this risk, and can quickly … American fire crisis is radical reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. But at best, this will take decades to unfold. In …
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With global challenges in mind, keeping a decades-long success story at the forefront
… led to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, after which emissions plummeted and acid precipitation levels … portion of the US is colored bright red in 1986, showing high levels of hydrogen ion in precipitation, but by 2016, … information on emissions, declines, the maps, and wet and dry deposition all in one place. We tied to put it all …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… with some estimates placing the number of new cases as high as 476,000 each year. “That is a huge number,” … Lyme and other tick-borne pathogens have emerged from ecosystems that have been disturbed, fragmented, and … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… efforts needed to preserve bats and their fragile ecosystems. Manuel Ruedi who has been studying bats from … Studies. “These pathogens cause zoonoses with high case fatality rates in humans, and some of these … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders …
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Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
… among species is necessary to support and maintain high diversity, particularly in tropical ecosystems. “Mutualisms matter,” said … On continents and mainlands, species richness tends to be high near the equator and low near the poles. This trend is …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… is an effective de-icer and causes less corrosion, its high cost means it is generally only used on airport … possibly contaminating reservoirs and drinking water wells. High sodium levels in drinking water can negatively affect … impact of chloride salts on bodies of water, organisms and ecosystems, and a growing number of researchers are calling …
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Cary Institute to offer immersive, paid research experience for teachers
… curricula for teaching STEM Photo: Middle and high school teachers learning about aquatic ecosystems in Cary’s 2016 Summer Institute. Credit: Cary … Ecosystem Studies is launching a new program to support high school and middle school educators in teaching global …
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… (the virus that causes COVID-19) behaves in natural ecosystems, to anticipate strains with the potential to … a library of future strains of SARS-CoV-2 with predicted high zoonotic potential, or the ability to infect both … environment to understand how SARS-CoV-2 moves through real ecosystems where many species are differentially susceptible …
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Poop
… assimilated, about 40% of what we eat or about 0.15 kg/day (dry) for the average person. This percentage is about the … is released as a metabolic byproduct, nitrous oxide (N2O) during this process. Nitrous oxide is a strong … Truhlar, A.M. and 5 others. 2016. Greenhouse gas emissions from septic systems in New York State. Journal of …
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