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  1. Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend

    … stretched the boundaries of ecosystem science, advancing understanding of how forests process pollution, cycle … adopter of using computer models to understand ecosystem processes. He also turned out to have a gift for bringing … growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to streams. One of his first efforts translating science …

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  2. Dr. Danielle Hare

    Dr. Danielle Hare Watershed Ecologist Expertise aquatic … influence of groundwater on stream water patterns and processes; and (3) the effect of climate change on stream … stream temperature to determine groundwater connectivity to streams. Her work was part of the NSF-funded collaboration: …

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  3. Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change

    … warmer, which is bad news for fish and freshwater quality. Understanding how lake temperature is changing is key to … analyzed 35-years of temperature data for Mohonk Lake, a small headwater lake on New York’s Shawangunk Ridge. They … Here, lead author, Dr. Isabella Oleksy, discusses the importance of lake mixing, what a longer stratified period …

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  4. The Future of Biodiversity

    … CO2’ scenario. Today, model comparisons focus on a small number of emissions scenarios for specific dates in … e.g., the year 2050. Benchmarks often take the form of maps comparing where a species occurs today and where it could … will be international. Those leaders will have a clear understanding that reducing greenhouse gas concentrations …

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  5. Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19

    … do not have countermeasures (e.g., Nipah virus). So, understanding what drives the spillover of bat-borne viruses … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … the village of Pynurkba in East Jaintia hills to dedicate a small patch of their forest to save the rare Wroughton’s …

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  6. Is the coronavirus pandemic related to meat production?

    … health crisis that has much of the globe on lockdown. But understanding the role food production plays in the … for various microbes to transmit, and some of those, a small fraction of them, have the potential to jump to us and … of the people. There’s a keen awareness about the importance of investigating all the pathways that could lead …

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  7. Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon

    … to optimize carbon uptake and resiliency. This requires understanding what mix of trees is needed to maximize … budget and associated carbon sequestration." To put the importance of nitrogen-fixing trees in context, the team … the Heising-Simons Foundation, HSBC, Stanley Motta, Small World Institute Fund, the Hoch family, National …

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  8. Climate change water variability hurts salamander populations

    … studied spring salamanders living in five New Hampshire streams. Using a 20-year data set from Merrill Brook in New … forestry and conversation at the University of Montana. Small headwater streams are home to diverse species and the … logs in small, headwater streams.” Likens notes the importance of studying the details within an ecosystem. …

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  9. Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?

    … can wash into the surrounding soil, as well as lakes and streams, possibly contaminating reservoirs and drinking … they deem to be environmentally friendly alternatives on a small scale. The standard is a recommendation rather than …

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  10. New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison

    … the species’ long-term protection and recovery requires understanding why they nearly went extinct in the first … variables one at a time allowed the scientists to test the importance of each variable. If human removal of forests was … the European bison today.  “Learning from the past, and understanding the process of species extinction, can help us …

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