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Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change
… where forests may be most at risk as the planet warms and temperatures become more extreme. The framework can help set … change in two distinct ways: average temperatures are rising and temperature is becoming more variable year to … temperate forests of the south-central and southeast United States, temperate forests in Asia, and tropical …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… cyanide, oils, and other pollutants ran uncontrolled into streams and rivers; drainage from coal mines made streams so … fishes and waterfowl to: “The surface (of the Cuyahoga River) is covered with the brown oily film observed upstream … damaged ecosystems and led to enormous damages from storms, rising seas and other problems. So perhaps the central …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… tick had injected the infectious organisms into his bloodstream. Anderson—who asked that his real name not be … is a lovely area, right at the mouth of the Connecticut River, where it flows into Long Island Sound, with estuary … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Applying science to natural resource management in the Catskills
… of measured discharge and relative roughness in a natural stream channel on the West Branch of the Neversink River Goal: An important factor in stream restoration … Studies, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, United States Geological Survey, Catskill Institute for the …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities … Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of rising temperatures and a common livestock antibiotic on …
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A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change
… in Connecticut is the second Powassan-related death in the United States this year. In April, someone in Maine died in the … to change due to greenhouse gas emissions. Warming temperatures are helping ticks shift their ranges into new …
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Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
… respond. Here, Hansen discusses how fires in the western United States are changing, what this means for people and … dead grass) on the landscape. In the western US, higher temperatures and worsening droughts create favorable …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… bugs at bay Ash borers are found in about 30 US states and the woolly adelgid in about 17. Woolly … disappointed than surprised when some trees on the Schroon River were found infected. A highway department worker … soil, plants or anything into New Zealand.” In the United States, the Department of Agriculture is the lead …
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The lone star tick could soon be colonizing a backyard near you
… Bacterial and protozoan tick-borne diseases doubled in the United States between 2004 and 2016, the report notes, and in 2017, … linked to these particular bloodsucking bugs. The warmer temperatures brought by the climate crisis, in addition to …
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How Much Oil Can We Burn?
… Last week brought us a report from the United Nations that indicates that the world’s nations are … to keep the Earth’s average global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees centigrade. Much of the blame was … found it interesting to chew on some statistics. The United States currently uses about 20 million barrels of oil each …
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