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

    … ecosystem science, advancing understanding of how forests process pollution, cycle nutrients, and respond to pests and … early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … a brilliant path as both a scientist and a high quality human being. Scott Ollinger Speaking on behalf of …

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  2. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … it spread with such tenacity? The short answer: heedless human meddling with Mother Earth. We pull at the strings of … into Long Island Sound, with estuary areas and lakes and rivers. And it is wooded, second-generation wooded growth, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  3. Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

    … stores are found in soils. Due to climate warming and other human activities that affect soil microorganisms, this … microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes.  They … As soil microbes are working harder (and inefficiently) to process carbon, less is converted into a stable organic …

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  4. A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change

    A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change Blacklegged ticks … ticks. Ostfeld isn’t so sure that the increase in human cases documented by the CDC is evidence that there’s … the basic biology of this virus and which factors influence human exposure so we’re prepared if and when it becomes …

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  5. The Lost Snail of the Yangtze

    … All around the world, the rapids and gorges of our largest rivers harbor mysterious animals like Helicostoa , whose … got more than a cursory look at them, and are in the process of destroying those that remain. The animals and … exploited rivers and their inhabitants for short-term human benefits, often damaging both rivers and long-term …

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  6. The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus

    … animals’ ACE2 receptors, which the virus uses to infect human cells, with information about the animals’ habitats, … a significant role in human infections.” A tough process For some scientists, the most urgent threat to … are likely to happen more frequently, researchers say, driven by human behavior that is difficult to change. Farms …

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  7. Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change

    … concern is a phenomenon called ‘internal phosphorous loading’. This is when low-oxygen conditions trigger the … changing in response to local and regional climate drivers. We cannot assume that what worked 30 years ago is … Lake stratification is increasing in length and strength, driven by climate change and exacerbated by fluctuations in …

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  8. Only the profits will flow upstream

    Rivers & Streams Last … time when adequate supplies of high quality fresh water for human use are in peril, and many cities have uncertain water … where soil bacteria can remove nitrate and convert it to nitrogen gas that fills 78% of our atmosphere. Farmers …

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  9. Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?

    … driving safer, but its corrosive impacts on roads and human health need addressing. Photo by Duncan … well-documented impacts on the environment, ecology and human health. While environmentally friendly alternatives … early 1970s that scientists discovered their presence in rivers, lakes and groundwater, and began to discuss their …

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  10. New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison

    … Land-use & Human Impacts , … environmental change and hunting by humans were the main drivers, according to the study, published Tuesday in the … “This study is one of the few attempts to reconstruct the process of species extinction,” explained co-author Rafał …

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