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Behind the smoke screen
… slowly over a large area, and is difficult to trace back to source. It creates no panic in the emergency room, and no … toll on society than COVID-19. Of course, unlike our response to COVID-19, we know how to deal with air … McDermott, S.L. Zeger, J.M. Samet, and F. Dominici. 2004. Ozone and mortality in 95 US urban communities, 1987 to …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… country, Lyme has been unrelenting in its march across the eastern United States and the Midwest. Carried by the … are the long-term hosts of the Lyme pathogen, the ultimate source from which the little corkscrew bacteria sally forth … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Hydrogen fuels
… seem to have little direct impact Earth’s climate or its ozone layer. But, hydrogen carries a dirty secret. The … sediments by microbes that consume hydrogen as an energy source for metabolism. It seems unlikely that we have … reconstructions and implications for anthropogenic emissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences …
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Ocean acidification
… they cause acid rain in the regions downwind of the source. The rain that falls is a weak solution of sulfuric … Piehler, I. Westfield, and J.B. Ries. 2021. Juvenile eastern oysters more resilient to extreme ocean … Morel. 2000. Reduced calcification of marine plankton in response to increased atmospheric CO2. Nature 407: …
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How it all started
… We all have heard that photosynthesis is the source of energy that powers the biosphere—have you … withering flux of ultraviolet light from the Sun, until the ozone layer developed about 500 million years ago. A couple … but life in this environment may have been a likely source of the earliest life on Earth. Microbial activity in …
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The smell of the city
… smog that once blanketed the city. Regulations against the emission of organic chemicals, from dry cleaning, outdoor … (VOC) compounds. They are precursors to the formation of ozone and aerosols in urban air, which have detrimental … of VOCs, both chain hydrocarbons and PAHs, are now a large source of compounds that are precursors to the formation of …
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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 … We do have a scenario but that is not the bat itself (as a source). It’s a whole series of events that led to a … the bat harvests and consumption of the animals in remote northeastern regions in India, Ruedi who also works on the …
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Data show ozone turnaround
Data show ozone turnaround February 13, 2011 … long-term studies of rainfall chemistry show a decline in nitrate and acidity, which are both related to NOx. The … It is well known that coal-fired power plants are a source of about 25 percent of the nation's NOx emissions — …
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Dr. Danielle Hare
… Currently, Dr. Hare’s research focuses on studying the response of stream ecosystems to climatic and land use … of Connecticut in Ecosystem Ecology in the Natural Resources and Environment department, working with Dr. … Her work was part of the NSF-funded collaboration: Carbon Response to Experimental Warming in Streams (CREWS) …
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Poop
Poop Excrement is a valuable source of resources like phosphorous and nitrogen that … nitrogen is subsequently oxidized by microbes, that produce nitrate (NO3–). Nitrate is very soluble and is carried in … Nitrous oxide is a strong greenhouse gas and a source of ozone destruction in the upper atmosphere. One recent …
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