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  1. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … to protect his privacy—was one of the kids in that early cluster of childhood cases in the town that would give … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … in the United States today. Ostfeld is putting his primary hope in vaccines. While an early vaccine, developed …

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  2. Getting parks out of green infrastructure purgatory

    … from green roofs, rain gardens, and gray water recycling mechanisms, to wildlife preserves and state forests. The … like restoring wetlands, preserving forests and other habitats, building buffers around streams, and establishing … execution and follow-up. 3) We need to plan for parks early. As metropolitan regions grow, planners have …

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

    … This adaptation gives them an edge in recently cleared, early succession tropical soils that are nitrogen-poor. Fixers … parameters such as evapotranspiration and net primary production to estimate nitrogen fixation fluxes. …

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

    … quickly. “When COVID first broke out some of the early speculations were that it even came from cobras. Can … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … has not been confirmed from bats. “Bats still get the primary blame, even for MERS, despite clear documentation …

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  5. Measuring soil water from space

    … at how trees in northeastern forests store water. The primary objective of this project will be to provide … monitors from outer space. These sites represent a range of habitats and forest types, situated at different elevations. … be flying at the same time. We aim to do this during the early spring when soil water is high, then again in the …

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  6. What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out

    … The largest trees in tropical forests store a stunning amount of carbon. A new tree forensics project seeks to find … and the University of Leeds, the team will work to train early career scientists. Evan Gora and … recent rise in mortality for tropical trees, but the exact mechanisms are not yet clear. Until now, it has been …

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

    Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend December … in 1985. He recalls, “Gary was incredibly bright and an early adopter of using computer models to understand … long-term studies on nutrient cycling in Catskill Mountain forests, Gary was faced with a harsh reality – …

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  8. Succession

    Succession Many ecosystems in upstate New York were … such as beech, sugar maple, and hemlock slowly replace the early arrivals. Ecologists have a variety of theories … species, such as the American woodcock, require shrubby habitats and cannot thrive in dense forests. Look …

  9. Asian longhorned beetle: The beautiful insect devouring our trees

    … beetle eradication efforts have not allowed the insect to infest forests at large, but if a current or future outbreak … so eradication is possible if outbreaks are detected early. Successful eradications have occurred in Brooklyn, … of Asian longhorned beetle eradication efforts. The primary eradication strategy is removing all ‘host’ …

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  10. Impaired wild mice survive and thrive as well as unimpaired counterparts

    … counterparts Long-term monitoring calls into question evolutionary biology assumptions. White-footed … and infection is shared with other species, and if so, what mechanisms might underlie high tolerance, are unknown, but … with the devaluation of impaired individuals that pervaded early thinking in evolutionary biology,” Ostfeld …

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