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  1. Dr. Vanessa Rubio

    Dr. Vanessa Rubio Tropical Forest Ecologist Expertise PhD, University of … and biotic environment in driving giant tree mortality and carbon dynamics. Previous research During her PhD, … and deterministic processes in assembling tropical plant communities. Understanding how these processes shape …

    ltumblety - 11/20/2023 - 12:04

  2. Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend

    … & Friend December 20, 2022 It is with great sadness that we share that Gary M. Lovett , forest … (1975) and a PhD from Dartmouth College in Biology and Plant Ecology (1981). Before being hired at Cary Institute, … to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to streams. …

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  3. Dr. Winslow D. Hansen

    Dr. Winslow D. Hansen Forest Ecologist Expertise forest ecology, … climate and sustain life globally. Trees sequester carbon emissions that cause climate warming, support much of … dispersal and  pollination). She received her M.Sc. in plant ecology and Ph.D. in  ecology and evolutionary …

    ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15

  4. Victoria Kelly

    … , which includes monitoring climate as well as air, precipitation and streamwater quality, solar radiation, … salt reduction practices, the impact of climate change on plant and animal life cycle events (phenology), and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …

    ltumblety - 08/01/2023 - 09:43

  5. Beech Bark Disease

    … cause bark lesions that grow and eventually girdle the tree, disrupting its internal nutrient transport system and … by the level of nitrogen in the tree 1 . Like many plant-eating insects, the beech scale’s population growth … and J. M. Griffin. 2010. Long-term changes in forest carbon and nitrogen cycling caused by an introduced …

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  6. Elizabeth Buhr

    … she worked as a field research assistant studying alpine plant community ecology at the University of Colorado’s … she spent two years in New Mexico collecting native plant seeds for restoration and conservation through the … She then led a field crew collecting data for the BLM’s Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) program in …

    ltumblety - 12/11/2023 - 09:00

  7. How it all started

    … life on other planets and their moons. In a very real sense, it’s where to look for life on Mars. … energy that powers the biosphere—have you thanked a green plant today? But, where did the earliest life evolve on … in reactions known as chemosynthesis to generate organic carbon in complete darkness. The rate of metabolism is slow …

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  8. Cary Institute’s Steward Pickett Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

    … Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Prestigious honor recognizes Pickett’s contributions … recognized by the Academy for his work on urban ecology and plant succession. He was among the 120 new members, … on the impact of climate change on plant growth and soil carbon storage. And Jon Cole was elected in 2014 for his …

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  9. In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients

    In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients By enriching soils, they benefit forest recovery and carbon storage Photo by Sarah Batterman March 10, … is very limited in tropical forest soils and important to plant growth.” In this study, the team compared the …

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  10. Diapers: to change or not to change

    … change or not to change Some disposable diapers are produced with biopolymers of plant origin, which may offer long-term net carbon … Mirabella, N., V. Castellani, and S. Sala. 2013. Life cycle assessment of bio-based products: a disposable diaper case …

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