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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… Randall Anderson was 9 years old when his knees started swelling like soda cans left too … human development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban growth, habitat … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… interact to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to … of Stanford, NY, Gary was on the Town of Stanford’s Conservation Advisory Committee, led the effort to develop a … 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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Once, America had its own parrot
… “There are a lot of human samples that are 100 years old that have no DNA.” But how to assemble the … a guide. They chose a living relative, the sun parakeet of South America. The sun parakeet’s DNA is so similar … of these exchanges,” she said. As the birds moved to temperate forests, they adapted. Dr. Lalueza-Fox found over …
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Beech Bark Disease
… disease in Nova Scotia, the disease has advanced as far south as the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee/North … The decline of canopy beech trees is often accompanied by growth of dense thickets of beech saplings, which will eventually get the disease as they grow older. As a result, in many places the disease has …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges … survive; and excessive nutrient loads fueled runaway algal growth in Lake Erie. Over his long life, Trautman watched … with the brown oily film observed upstream as far as the Southerly Plant effluent. In addition, large quantities of …
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Destroyed habitat creates the perfect conditions for coronavirus to emerge
… emerging from biodiversity “hot spots” like tropical rainforests and bushmeat markets in African and Asian … forest logging roads passing Baka villages and a small gold mine to reach the village. There, I found traumatized … through remote places, rapid urbanization and population growth is bringing people into closer contact with animal …
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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
… locking up large amounts of carbon emissions throughout the South American tropics. But new research published in … recipe." A patch of pasture next to rainforests at different stages of recovery from … gas into a form of nitrogen that is available to fuel plant growth. Through these interactions, nitrogen fixers are able …
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Cary Institute’s Steward Pickett Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
… riparian woodlands and savannas in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Gene E. Likens , founding director of … Design . A past President of the Ecological Society of America (2010-2013), Pickett’s positions on professional … 2003 for his work on the impact of climate change on plant growth and soil carbon storage. And Jon Cole was elected in …
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Ashley Alred
… to understanding how undergraduates make decisions about conservation issues. Since 2012, she has been an … in five different states across the country, from the temperate rainforests of western North Carolina to the sunny shores of …
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Ask the scientists: GLEON
… resource – to monitor lakes in places like Africa, South America, and India. With new ‘eyes’ on lakes around the … resource. Plus, GLEON offers opportunities for young and old researchers of all backgrounds to participate in this …
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