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Pandemics: Humans are the culprits
… – but not before 105 people had died. It took six years for disease ecologists to link the destruction of … roads into forests, fragmenting ecosystems, mining in remote areas, and encouraging global trade, we are not only … “Pathogens circulate in wildlife hosts, and some have the potential to jump to humans, but they rarely do, in …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… of diagnostic assays for novel viruses with outbreak potential and be useful in disease interventions. Proactive … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … to the bat harvests and consumption of the animals in remote northeastern regions in India, Ruedi who also works …
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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
… climate change, and disturbance scenarios to determine potential carbon trajectories and relationships between land … and NASA to evaluate the extent of the forest damage using remote sensing methods and to determine the subsequent …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34
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Cary Institute to host Climate Week NYC event on addressing the wildfire crisis
… Record-breaking wildfires are becoming the new normal. An event on September 20 will announce a new … and grasslands. Hansen uses field experiments, remote sensing, and computer simulations to study how … will ensure that we invest in strategies that maximize our potential to shift the balance of western fire from …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… He is also developing novel techniques that integrate remote sensing and computer simulations to model forest … acacian woodlands of Kenya, sagebrush steppe of the Rocky Mountains, and old-growth forests all across the western … pathways by which conventional methods underestimate the potential for forest loss with climate change, and 2) …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… will be an increasingly prevalent part of our lives. New York City, June 7, 2023 at 2pm. Photo by MTA … Betty Moore Foundation . Hansen uses field experiments, remote sensing, and simulation models to target forest … will take decades to unfold. In the meantime, there is real potential for science-based management to reduce the …
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Ocean acidification
Ocean acidification The rising carbon dioxide content … climate change, it will be hard to dismiss the record of acidification of the oceans caused by the increasing carbon … Some species are more susceptible than others, so ocean acidification is likely to affect the species composition of …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… efforts also address social injustices and inequality? A new analysis in Landscape and Urban Planning concludes … 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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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… kids like Anderson could romp for hours in the gentle New England forest with little fear. Only later, after years … suppressed mouse and chipmunk abundance in the process. White-tailed deer are also back, but the wolves and cougars … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Asian longhorned beetle: The beautiful insect devouring our trees
… – and what a good name it is. Deep black, dotted with white spots that look like stars in the night sky, this … at billions of dollars. The Asian longhorned beetle has the potential to cause more damage than Dutch elm disease, … What can you do? Once established in a new place, Asian longhorned beetle can be transported …
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