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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… the Bourbon virus disease, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, Borrelia miyamotoi … now 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 … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
… living at different latitudes on mainland continents (green), non-oceanic islands (gray), and oceanic islands … On continents and mainlands, species richness tends to be high near the equator and low near the poles. This trend … hope to explore how mutualisms — or the lack thereof — may affect diversity in other parts of island ecosystems, …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must … promise of adding real value to our cities. To realize the potential of these approaches to minimize hazards and … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… Institute. How bad was it? You didn’t need to be an expert to see that things were bad. I was born in … to eliminate water pollution. Lake Erie had become overly green as a result of nutrient pollution from detergents, … species and other complicated problems. Third, it may seem prudent to delay acting on big problems until we …
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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning … US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning ’, a webinar to be held on January 27th at 1:00pm ET. The virtual event is … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …
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The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus
… are finding new ways to predict which animals we should be most worried about Photo by Colin Haycock March … to identify novel viruses including those with the potential to infect humans. There are also efforts under … in the U.S. Studies are under way examining which animals may spread the disease to humans. The data so far show that …
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Transforming urban systems: Toward sustainability
… the world becomes more urbanized, what we do in cities will be key to achieving global sustainability goals.There is great potential, but achieving it will require integrating … the risk that problems prioritized by special interests may be over-simplified, that opportunistically identified …
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Team Cary: Elsa Anderson
… to become a vet. I loved wildlife and thought that would be the best way to pursue my interest in animals. When I was … method in grade school, you’re taught that there’s a hypothesis, then you plan and execute methods, which give … because people who are more likely to perceive a problem may be more vocal about calling for action, or perhaps …
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With global challenges in mind, keeping a decades-long success story at the forefront
… at how a similar challenge was successfully addressed can be a source of encouragement. This success story starts … ion in precipitation, but by 2016, the entire US is green or light green, indicating significant reductions in … highlight this story at a time when clean air protections may be relaxed, Likens says. Acid rain is not just a problem …
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How it all started
… How it all started Microbial activity in rocks may characterize life on other planets and their moons. In a … ago, I blogged about life under translucent rocks as a potential early habitat for microbial activity. Other … much invisible to us, unless a mid-ocean ridge happens to be tall enough to reach the surface, such as in Iceland, …
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