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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 … of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and how … Thanks for advising me in such a kind and generous way during my 2-years research at Cary. I loved sampling with …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… sent him home with a private tutor for a month. Some nights during the ordeal he would sleep on his parents’ bedroom … with some estimates placing the number of new cases as high as 476,000 each year. “That is a huge number,” … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Measuring soil water from space
… leaves play a major role in removing water from soil During the summer, a mature tree living in a deciduous … in the spring, soils are full of water, saturated from winter snowmelt and rain. Some of us call it ‘mud … aim to do this during the early spring when soil water is high, then again in the summer when trees are in full-leaf …
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Trees and the public good
… by the Nature Conservancy hopes to plant a billion trees during the next few years—a small attempt to restore some … The atmosphere over urban areas often shows a “halo” of high carbon dioxide, reflecting the abundant use of fossil … are also associated with reductions in the runoff of nitrate, which is taken up by trees and soil microbes. …
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July: Stay cool
… when you step out of the water into a summer breeze. The high heat capacity and cooling power of evaporation work on … encounter them. Springs and seeps that emerge from deep soils and aquifers usually run year-round at about the … waters of both Lakes Michigan and Superior are 39 degrees during the summer, no matter how hot the air is. Even small …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… Birds and other wildlife could give it a lift, too. In the winter, fluffy white sacs are more easily spotted on the … to his lab and raises them. Then they’re released, with high hopes. It’s a long-term potential solution, Whitmore … diseases come and go. Gypsy moth was a concern for him during his time at the DEC. Woodlots were destroyed in the …
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Scientists say this tick season may not be bad, but the risk of Lyme is higher
… If you’re worried that this year’s mild winter could lead to an explosive tick season, you can … NY. “If they find a white-footed mouse there’s a high probability they will survive and make it into the next … spring. That’s the dangerous one, the nymph stage, during which the ticks are most likely to infect people with …
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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 … is an effective de-icer and causes less corrosion, its high cost means it is generally only used on airport … on a large scale. Professor Liu Yong, of the College of Forestry at Beijing Forestry University, explained that the …
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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 … up with novel solutions.” Cary BIORETS structure During the six-week summer program at Cary Institute, … the opportunity to create and run simulations of future forest and fire dynamics, conduct field surveys of tick …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… had a chance to participate in the Jamaica field work during her postdoc, helping to hang nets between mangrove … agreed with the data that were being collected in the winter region. The Breeding Bird Survey approach gave us the … data revealed that warmer winters were linked with higher crow mortality from West Nile — presumably because …
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