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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
… research focuses on studying forest carbon in the western United States and Alaska. At the Cary Institute, she is … burned forest area in the western United States has rapidly increased over the past several decades, threatening forest … carbon storage and other forest ecosystem services such as water provision, timber, and wildlife habitat. Identifying …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… provide essential services such as fuel, food, and clean water and air. Due to climate change, increasing … forests may be most threatened by fires across the western United States, including California. People … will influence future carbon storage in forests across the northeastern USA. Sara earned her bachelor's in conservation …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… Lyme has been unrelenting in its march across the eastern United States and the Midwest. Carried by the black-legged … edge of the island, where a narrow channel of shallow water separates it from New Jersey. Deer, VanAcker tells me, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds
… posing a potential threat to aquatic life and drinking water supplies . However, a cautiously optimistic new … understand what actually is a safe level of salt in a freshwater ecosystem. The US applies an estimated 24.5 … waterways and aquifers, where it can cause freshwater salinization syndrome . Not only is this salt harmful to …
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Only the profits will flow upstream
… Drinking Water , … reduced protections of surface waters across the United States, as afforded by the Clean Water Rule. This comes at a time when adequate supplies of high quality fresh water for human use are in peril, and many cities have …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… Drinking Water , … on Dalian’s roads after heavy snowfalls. Residents of the north-eastern Chinese city even reported hearing their … are toxic to certain types of fish, insects and amphibians, states the US Environmental Protection Agency. Chinese …
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Applying science to natural resource management in the Catskills
… health of Catskill forests and streams determines drinking water quality for nine million people in New York City. … lead to more effective management and policy actions and increased environmental literacy. Staff are global experts in the ecology of: cities, disease, forests, and freshwater. The Catskill Science Collaborative is a …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… smoke from Canadian wildfires made its way south into the Northeastern US, causing unprecedented declines in air … windows closed and an air filter running. Drink lots of water and consider wearing a K95 if you need to venture out. … As temperatures warm, the atmosphere is able to hold more water. This causes water to be increasingly pulled from the …
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Jonathan J. Cole: In Memory
… made of maple leaves. Jon collecting water chestnut (Trapa natans) samples on the Hudson River. … from ski-touring to kite-boarding, to keep his mind fresh for his science.” We regret not acting on Jon’s …
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Victoria Kelly
… quality, solar radiation, phenology, and the behavior of water in the landscape. Data from the program have been used … and animal life cycle events (phenology), and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …
ltumblety - 08/01/2023 - 09:43