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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… evolutionary processes,” the scientists wrote, “but rather was driven by the ecological change in North America … than 50 percent as land conversion to exurban and suburban use has exploded. This trend has been particularly intense … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… was selected because it is a common antibiotic whose use is expanding on cattle farms. Monensin is inexpensive, … microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes. They … increased soil respiration and dissolved organic carbon. Increases in these labile carbon pools can lead to a …
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Woody biomass fuels
… We have used fossil fuels with such enthusiasm that the uptake of CO2 by trees and the oceans has not been able to … be of no great surprise that the recent furor to curb the use of fossil fuels has spawned the idea that … of operation. The College may save some money by using wood rather than fuel oil, but we need a better plan if the …
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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and … Studies and coauthor on the paper, explains, "We want to use this work to guide tropical reforestation to optimize carbon uptake and resiliency. This requires understanding what mix …
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With global challenges in mind, keeping a decades-long success story at the forefront
… to the public, “I would argue that cartoons with their use of satire — in this case focused on the environmental … the acidity, that is, the emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides to the atmosphere through the burning of … has made the soils more sensitive to continuing inputs or increases of acid rain. The Trump administration has …
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Is the coronavirus pandemic related to meat production?
… it, as opposed to the fact that we raise animals at all. We use tremendous quantities of antibiotics on animals that are … It’s not a therapeutic use; it’s prophylactic, and it increases yield, so it’s economically viable because … prefer to be getting their meat at the Tesco or the Metro rather than at the wet market. When people ask if this is …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… health sectors in these surveillance activities shall be of use to public health. This would help in the development … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … prematurely speculated bat origins, then attempted to prove rather than test this hypothesis. Such biases delay …
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Cary Institute to host Climate Week NYC event on addressing the wildfire crisis
… An event on September 20 will announce a new initiative to use ecology and predictive science to support innovative, effective strategies. Photo by … climate change. His research has helped to project future increases in forest fires , reveal the impacts of fire on …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… highway. The local government admitted that widespread use of road salts for snow clearance is a cause of the … snow and surrounding soil were found to be 392 times higher than normal. As early as 2006, China’s central … kept within 1 metre of roadside verges that contain plants. Rather than being piled into tree pits or onto grass, ice …
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Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America
… on ecosystem biogeochemical processes related to carbon and nitrogen cycles. In addition to his role at Cary, he is a … (2020-2021). Looking ahead, Groffman hopes to use his term to strengthen the interface between science and …
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