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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… his career, Gary stretched the boundaries of ecosystem science, advancing understanding of how forests process … so many other communities, among them the Hubbard Brook Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) community, the … the most important papers in this area. He worked with The Nature Conservancy on Threats from Above, a report …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… in the future, and why we need to advance predictive fire science. The Northeastern US is not accustomed to dealing … smoke drift from Canadian wildfires - what's changed? How long will it last? The smoke we are seeing, and in many … determine whether we experience smoke again. In the longer term, however, climate change will almost certainly continue …
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What is a species?
… but these do not interfere with the definition as long as the hybrids are sterile. The traditional view of … as the diagnostic character) is found nowhere else in nature. In recent years, with the advent of molecular … as a species. These changes are not the result of bad science, but better science. Reference Hunter, …
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Environmental justice
… As a scientist, I am worried about the term environmental justice. Scientists measure things, … as distinct from other forms of injustice that have been so long overlooked? I would hate to see environmental … R. 2017. Flawed environmental justice analyses. Science 357: 260 …
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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
… So reports a new paper out this week in the journal Nature , which recommends accounting for herbivory … substantial benefit of nitrogen to these forests, it has long been a mystery why nitrogen-fixing trees represent just … Grant #275556724, the Leverhulme Trust, and the US National Science Foundation (NSF DEB 1464389 to LSC). Citation …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… hazards and benefit all communities, we must confront long standing structural inequalities and the planning … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . … Green Infrastructure a Universal Good?”), the National Science Foundation (grants #1444755, #1927167, and #193493), …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… old when his knees started swelling like soda cans left too long in the freezer. Fatigue knocked him flat for hours at a … human meddling with Mother Earth. We pull at the strings of nature, and the consequences of its unraveling are … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem
… worried,” said Slifka, an immunologist at Oregon Health & Science University. All the traits that made Monkey a … itself inside of a viable host. But in the wilds of nature, “you can break your back and end up getting only … perhaps, some experts pointed out, it already occurred long ago, seeding a reservoir that helped the ongoing …
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Angela Hood
… I'm a Michigan native who's been captivated by science and nature since my early years. As a kid, I wasn't afraid to … spawn in our local ponds. After earning my Bachelor of Science at the University of Michigan, I set out to share my …
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Impaired wild mice survive and thrive as well as unimpaired counterparts
… and thrive as well as unimpaired counterparts Long-term monitoring calls into question evolutionary biology … This research was supported in part by the US National Science Foundation’s Long Term Research in Environmental …
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