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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… safer, but its corrosive impacts on roads and human health need addressing. Photo by Duncan Rawlinson … that is, pure sodium chloride in liquid form. After the introduction of the standard, 14 types of calcium chloride … provinces have adopted further measures to reduce usage, scope and duration of snowmelt agents. Harbin carefully …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… and a PhD from Dartmouth College in Biology and Plant Ecology (1981). Before being hired at Cary Institute, he was … on Threats from Above, a report highlighting the need for ecologically-relevant air pollution limits and more … a brilliant path as both a scientist and a high quality human being. Scott Ollinger Speaking on behalf of …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… Europe). According to a 2017 study in the journal Nature, Ecology, and Evolution in which scientists sequenced nearly … West Coast—are primarily forest creatures. These ticks need forests to survive and thrive in most of their range, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
… their findings, and she is interested in investigating how human introduction of plants to islands alters the patterns seen … tells us that if we want to conserve plants, then we also need to be conserving their mutualists, or we will lose the …
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… Project combines artificial intelligence, virology, and ecology to anticipate future SARS-CoV-2 strains with the … Human Health , … for example by identifying potential host species that need to be managed or by immediately sounding the alarm when …
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Team Cary: Elsa Anderson
… Shannon LaDeau. Here, Elsa talks about her path to ecology, overcoming early challenges, what she’s studying … land management and environmental science. This was my introduction to the way that people's lives in the city can … able to happen yet. When it’s safe, I’m feeling the need for an East Coast road trip. …
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Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds
… it,” said lead author Chris Solomon , who studies lake ecology at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. However, he … ignores salt inputs from natural rock weathering and from human activities like agriculture and industry, and does not … use or climate change — alter both precipitation and the need for road salt application. Citation Solomon, …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… fell to unhealthy levels for millions of people. Fire ecology is a major research area for Cary scientist … experiencing, what we can expect in the future, and why we need to advance predictive fire science. The Northeastern … quickly spread fire across the landscape. What role has human behavior played in the rise in wildfires? In 1910, …
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… the first animals known to have contracted the virus from a human, likely a caretaker. Some animals infected with … interactions and geographic distributions. Such models need confirmation from laboratory studies and fieldwork … different hosts could represent fundamental shifts in the ecology and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and could result in …
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Elizabeth Valentine
… support to Dr. Jane Lucas . She conducts microbial ecology and soil health research in both field and … Cary property on the impact of environmental stressors and human activities on soil health and productivity in … began her career at Cary in 2016 performing Lyme disease ecology research. She earned a Biology M.S. from East …
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