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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
… to reveal how urban planning has contributed to current landscapes of inequality, and what avenues exist to … Green creator Dr. Amanda Phillips De Lucas will lead an interactive virtual workshop on February 1st at 6:30pm ET. … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… William Cronon recounts in his classic book Changes in the Land. What’s more, colonists rendered large areas of New … was experiencing eye problems, perhaps due to the lingering effects of Lyme. To help me understand how the town of … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
… with Dr. Winslow Hansen and Dr. Charlie Canham to use simulation models and geospatial analysis to examine … potential carbon trajectories and relationships between land ownership, development, and carbon markets. Finally, … in ecology, hydrology, and geography to identify the effects of forest disturbance from extreme events on carbon …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of rising temperatures and a common livestock … The team collected samples of prairie soil from preserved land in northern Idaho that was free of grazing livestock. …
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Can humans be part of healthy ecosystems?
… on countless ecosystems and one study estimates only 3% of land on Earth remains untouched by our influence. CrowdScience listener Teri has witnessed the harmful effects of development on natural habitats near her home, and wonders whether we can …
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Dr. Danielle Hare
… studying the response of stream ecosystems to climatic and land use changes. Her research interests are generally … the University of Connecticut in Ecosystem Ecology in the Natural Resources and Environment department, working with …
ltumblety - 02/05/2024 - 09:36
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… is incorrect, according to Holmes. “Throughout history, humans have given our diseases to other animals,” … kind of remarkable Swiss Army Knife type of virus that can use [ACE-2] receptors from a broad range of species,” … over the next half century. As climate change alters human land use and causes other species to shift their geographic …
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
… Land-use & Human Impacts , … years ago due to rapid warming of the climate and its effects on bison habitat. After that, the activities of a …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… life globally. Trees sequester carbon emissions that cause climate warming, support much of the planet’s … people and help conserve some of America’s last remaining wildlands. Hansen is building on this work to determine … of the SORTIE-ND forest model, forecasting climate change effects on forests of the eastern US, modeling light …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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Human impact on the environment may make pandemics more likely, experts warn
… viruses they carry, that we've never been exposed to in our history, to emerge into our own populations." Daszak and … have caused pandemics to emerge. "Our analysis shows that land use change — the conversion of tropical forest into …
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