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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… underbrush, possibly reducing tick populations. The oak trees too are back, but without the sky-darkening droves of … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … not particularly sexy. It won’t necessarily address the root cause of the problem. But that’s where things stand …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… For instance, in Beijing in 2005, over 11,000 street trees, 1.49 million shrubs and almost 200,000 square metres of grass suffered … snow – and snowmelt agents – pushed onto their roots by roadsweepers. Snowmelt agents can also harm the …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… Anything that can burn is fuel for a fire – things like shrubs, grasses, and trees. These fires are burning hotter and larger, making … pulled from the land’s surface, which dries out trees, downed branches, brush, and other fuels that feed …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and … Mountain forests, Gary was faced with a harsh reality – trees on his study plots were dying off due to pests like …
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In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients
In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients … Academy of Sciences , reveals that nitrogen-fixing trees play an underrecognized role in recovering tropical … Nitrogen fixation by bacteria occurs in root nodules of nitrogen-fixing trees. This nitrogen fixer, …
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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more … for cattle. When agricultural land is abandoned, remaining trees create habitat for wildlife that can help disperse … Sarah Batterman collects soil and root cores in a recovering Panamanian rainforest forest to …
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Low-income Baltimore blocks host bigger, more dangerous mosquitoes
… which often survive longer. The problem most likely is rooted in the fact that Baltimore has nearly 17,000 … grow larger. Some cities' well-intentioned efforts to plant trees in low-income blocks may worsen the problem: trees and shrubs not only shade outdoor breeding pools but also shed …
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Dr. Vanessa Rubio
… aims to understand when, where, and why giant tropical trees die. Likewise, aims to unravel the role of the abiotic …
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Insect Foraging Preference
Insect Foraging Preference Time : 2 Class … milkweed. Somehow measure the amount of damage or foraging already on leaves. You could take a picture or do a … barberry or burning bush (invasive) Oak or white ash trees (native) and black locust or tree of heaven …
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'One Mississippi...' How lightning shapes the climate
… over again over the next 6-18 months to actually see the trees die," Gora says. Scientists are just beginning to … for climate change. Lightning tends to strike the biggest trees – which, in tropical forests, lock away a huge share of the planet's carbon. As those trees die and decay, the carbon leaks into the atmosphere …