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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… live in a world where a simple walk in the woods may lay us low or even upend our lives. It’s a world in which ticks … it flows into Long Island Sound, with estuary areas and lakes and rivers. And it is wooded, second-generation wooded … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems
… the potential to disrupt stream ecosystem processes like nutrient cycling, oxygen levels, and algal growth. … aggression in crustaceans. Our study found that exposure to low doses of citalopram – at levels currently found in … harmful imbalances in the system.” Rosi concludes, “Toxicity assessments of pharmaceuticals often focus on …
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New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease
… known competent species. High-risk species tend to have low baseline corticosterone, breed and winter at high latitudes and low elevations, are broadly distributed, and occur on either … infected ticks to new locations with no history of Lyme occurrence. A tick could drop off a bird and into a garden …
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Exploring Toxic Algae Blooms in Pristine Lakes
… America, there has been a rise in cyanobacteria blooms in low-nutrient lakes. The problem Gloeotrichia echinulata , or ‘ Gloeo ’, is causing cyanobacteria …
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Community Ecology of Lyme Disease (LTREB)
… the environmental factors that influence Lyme disease occurrence, in order to predict when and where risk is … occur when Lyme disease spreads to an area where there is low awareness in the general public and healthcare … and protect local populations. Publications …
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The “Gloeo” Project
… are researching how recent, extensive blooms of the cyanobacterium gloeotrichia echinulata are either driving—or following—the …
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Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
… 2024 “Many plants rely on fungi to access soil nutrients, or on specialized pollinators to reproduce,” … of a plant surviving the journey to a far-flung island are low, then the odds of its mutualistic partner surviving the … species richness tends to be high near the equator and low near the poles. This trend is weakened on oceanic …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… the salt can wash into the surrounding soil, as well as lakes and streams, possibly contaminating reservoirs and … 1970s that scientists discovered their presence in rivers, lakes and groundwater, and began to discuss their effect on … snowmelt agents with clear environmental advantages and low production costs are developed, chloride salts will …
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Troubling waters: Antiviral medications in wastewater may drive resistance in bat-borne viruses
… about 5% of those residuals, discharging the rest into lakes and rivers. In many parts of the world, wastewater … the authors warn that the consequences of even a single occurrence could pose a threat to humans. …
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Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds
Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds Lakes have been growing … is too high. Solomon explains, “The EPA’s chronic toxicity thresholds for chloride were developed with limited …
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