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Dosing the coast: Baltimore County’s leaky pipes are medicating the Chesapeake Bay
… is a global problem that is poorly quantified. Mixtures of drugs in lakes, rivers, and streams can disrupt … and other ecological processes – with harmful cascading effects. Lead author Megan Fork , a postdoctoral … Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is an independent nonprofit center for environmental research. Since 1983, our …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… be having on wild bird populations. While the virus’s effects were readily apparent in urban areas, where birds … capture the birds. “The birds fly in and get stuck in the net,” she recalls. “I would help to quickly get it out … concerning given that many migratory songbirds spend their non-breeding seasons in the Caribbean.” …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… L. Strayer Freshwater Ecologist Expertise Hudson River, invasive species, streams … whose current work focuses on measuring the long-term effects of zebra mussels on the Hudson River ecosystem, and … of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:40
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Victoria Kelly
Victoria Kelly Environmental Monitoring Program Manager845 677-7600 … been used to understand the dynamics of road salt and the effects of climate change on precipitation chemistry. … and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …
ltumblety - 08/01/2023 - 09:43
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Helium balloons impose a toll on our air, land, and sea
… are readily transported by air and water currents. The effects of microplastics on aquatic life are not well … size and time in the environment. Keeping plastic litter out of our bodies of water is essential to reducing … shorebird. Another concern is that helium is a nonrenewable resource with many crucial industrial, medical …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… was experiencing eye problems, perhaps due to the lingering effects of Lyme. To help me understand how the town of … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … come to the conclusion that there are going to have to be non-ecological solutions.” While he tries to stay …
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Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems
… streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on animals and ecosystems. A new study , … in streams, where they eat invertebrates, break down leaf litter, and cycle nutrients. They are stress-tolerant and … At the end of the two weeks, the behavior of exposed and non-exposed crayfish was tested. To do this, the team …
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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
… trees in a tropical forest, we need to isolate their effects. We can't do that in a real forest because adding or … ecosystem-wide parameters such as evapotranspiration and net primary production to estimate nitrogen fixation fluxes. … Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is an independent nonprofit center for environmental research. Since 1983, our …
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Can humans be part of healthy ecosystems?
Can humans be part of healthy ecosystems? … Podcast Humans have an outsized impact on the planet: we’ve wreaked havoc on countless ecosystems and … CrowdScience listener Teri has witnessed the harmful effects of development on natural habitats near her home, …
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Coming from an ash pile near you
… only a small portion of coal ash is utilized as an additive to cement and in road construction. The remainder … captured in fly ash, whereas a variety of metals and other non-volatile constituents of coal are concentrated in bottom … and lagoons, where flue-gas residues are disposed. Toxic Effects of Coal Ash Seepage Most of the attention to …
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