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

    … was deep and will be missed by many.” Raised in New York’s Capital Region, Lovett was shaped by summers at … of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and … come. Heartfelt vibes to his family, friends, and all my old Cary family. I’d like to think he now walks through …

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  2. Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change

    … Forests A new study out today in the first issue of Environmental … stronger. Here, we were essentially testing that adage for trees. Are forested regions that experienced more variable … a global scale – helping to improve targeted conservation policies that protect forests, their inhabitants, and the …

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  3. Beech Bark Disease

    … in the region where the trees are most abundant, including New York, New England, and southeastern Canada. What are … which will eventually get the disease as they grow older. As a result, in many places the disease has … seeks to develop and communicate more effective trade policies that will help prevent the importation of damaging …

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  4. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … Randall Anderson was 9 years old when his knees started swelling like soda cans left too … kids like Anderson could romp for hours in the gentle New England forest with little fear. Only later, after years … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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

    What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find … in tropical forests store a stunning amount of carbon. A new tree forensics project seeks to find out why they die, … disease — factors that are all changing along with the global climate. To differentiate between the potential …

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  6. Cary Institute to host Climate Week NYC event on addressing the wildfire crisis

    … Record-breaking wildfires are becoming the new normal. An event on September 20 will announce a new … and future forests. Burns can be so catastrophic that trees fail to regenerate, causing forests to permanently … from business, government and civil society to showcase global climate action.    …

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  7. In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests

    … increases in lightning and lianas, thanks in part to global change. This one-two punch is likely causing an increase in the death of small trees, which could lead to shifts in composition of tropical forests and their ability to store carbon. So reports a new paper in the journal New Phytologist . …

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  8. In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores

    In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores Selective … of fixers and the nitrogen they provide. So reports a new paper out this week in the journal Nature , which … Investigators Will Barker, Ecology and Global Change, School of Geography, University of Leeds …

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  9. To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform

    … efforts also address social injustices and inequality? A new analysis in Landscape and Urban Planning concludes … for whom. This will require changes to federal and state policies affecting how green infrastructure investments are … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …

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  10. Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges

    Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges … Devastating storms, dying coral reefs, frightening new pollutants, invasive species, widespread extinctions – … and invasive species also are large and complicated, and policies to address them will be imperfect, but we can still …

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