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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform … flooding, excessive heat, extreme weather, and other urban hazards. Can greening efforts also address social … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban growth, habitat degradation, … and suppression, there is a concept called the wildland-urban interface, or WUI. It is the transition zone where … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution
… of nitrogen fertilizer result in ancillary emissions of nitrous oxide—arguably a greenhouse gas worse than CO2. Nitrous oxide emissions from soils also increase when …
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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
… for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning Research team puts forth … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , … are global experts in the ecology of: cities, disease, forests, and freshwater. The Urban Systems Lab is …
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Food Energy
… as an important contributor of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide—the big three gases when it comes to human-induced …
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Behind the smoke screen
… particulate matter, perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAs), nitric oxide (NOx) and other toxics that have been regulated for … Samet, and F. Dominici. 2004. Ozone and mortality in 95 US urban communities, 1987 to 2000. Journal of the American …
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Poop
… nitrogen is subsequently oxidized by microbes, that produce nitrate (NO3–). Nitrate is very soluble and is carried in … of the nitrogen is released as a metabolic byproduct, nitrous oxide (N2O) during this process. Nitrous oxide is a strong …
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Trees and the public good
… reasons, not the least of which is that trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, potentially mitigating global … twice as fast as we observe today. The atmosphere over urban areas often shows a “halo” of high carbon dioxide, … are also associated with reductions in the runoff of nitrate, which is taken up by trees and soil microbes. …
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Element number 7: Nitrogen, fertilizer & the nitrogen cycle
… to another. For instance, ammonium (NH4+) is converted to nitrate (NO3–) by nitrifying bacteria. When nitrogen … these foods is increasing worldwide. No Laughing Matter: Nitrous Oxide in the Atmosphere In nitrification, a small amount …
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What's new down on the farm
… of rice. Similarly the largest human emissions of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) are associated with the microbial processing … 121-127. West, T.O., and G. Marland. 2003. Net carbon flux from agriculture: Carbon emissions, carbon …
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