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  1. Dr. David L. Strayer

    … of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for the general public, which are collected in  The Lost Snail of the Yangtze and Other Essays . Dr. …

    ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:40

  2. Beavers, snails, and elephants are top grads from nature’s college of engineering

    … wasn’t born in a beaver lodge—it came from Israel’s Negev Desert. The pea-size rock-eating snail sticks to the underside of limestone boulders and has … taken by ecologists in the 1980s showed that their gritty feces add as much sediment in the course of a year as …

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

    … early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … - from particles in the air - delivered as much or more nitrogen to forests than rainfall. Gary also advanced … of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and how …

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  4. Helium balloons impose a toll on our air, land, and sea

    … and come back to earth, they can land miles away from their release site. Photo by Greg Williams August 2, … float into the sky, whether by accident or intentional release. Watching a balloon disappear into the clouds can … they eat balloons, which interfere with their digestion. Consumption of deflated balloons is a particular hazard for …

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  5. Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning

    … stormwater management. (There is also an associated press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …

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  6. 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 … This increased acidity promotes weathering and the release of chemical elements locked in minerals as they …

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  7. Is the coronavirus pandemic related to meat production?

    … us clarify the relationship between meat production and consumption and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic specifically, the … Does this virus have any connection to the production or consumption of meat from that market? Ostfeld : One … some nonhuman vertebrate. These animals shed virus in their feces and urine, so their excretions probably contained the …

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  8. Diapers: to change or not to change

    … or polyethylene, both petroleum-based plastics, which release fossil CO2 when they are burned and offer no net … to produce fabric. The magnitude of the material consumption in diapers is impressive. Assuming that the … Union, each conventional disposable diaper is estimated to release 89 grams of CO2 from the production of raw …

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  9. Feeding Fido

    … Rising human population, wealth, and consumption of meat and animal products as food are likely … See Harvesting Earth's bounty . Numerous publications have delineated the role of diet as a major … beef has enormous environmental impacts on land, water and nitrogen cycling. See my blog post, Beef: It's what's for …

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  10. Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19

    … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … elaborated Tuttle. Referring to the bat harvests and consumption of the animals in remote northeastern regions in …

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