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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… book Changes in the Land. What’s more, colonists rendered large areas of New England “devoid of animals which had … bright white body suits worn for protection. They climb a small ridge and arrive at a forest plot studded with small … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… reported the death of roadside plane trees in Beijing on a large scale. Professor Liu Yong, of the College of Forestry at … they deem to be environmentally friendly alternatives on a small scale. The standard is a recommendation rather than …
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Beech Bark Disease
… complex’ that consists of an imported insect (the beech scale, Cryptococcus fagisuga ) and two species of … The beech scale insect, which is native to Europe, is small (0.5-1 mm, or 0.02-0.04 inches) and feeds on tissues … beech is the only species that produces “hard mast”-- large seeds that serve as important food for wildlife. …
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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
… analyzed 35-years of temperature data for Mohonk Lake, a small headwater lake on New York’s Shawangunk Ridge. They … lake habitable for a variety of organisms. Understanding effects of stratification on aquatic animals and water … Oscillation, which influences climate on a continental scale. How do the two relate? The North Atlantic …
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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
… impacts on marginalized communities. Given pending large scale investments in infrastructure systems around the … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …
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The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases
… upon the pathogen transmission mode and how host competence scales with body size, he says. “We also found that … hosts, the great majority of these parasites do not pose a large risk of spillover. “It’s the parasites and pathogens in the rodents, bats, and some other small mammals that are much more likely to cause problems in …
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The Lost Snail of the Yangtze
… for biologists to explore. It can be next to impossible to scale down cliff faces or float down over rapids and … mills together with dams or diversions along streams and small rivers to grind grain, crush rock, and saw wood. But … The amount of electricity that can be generated is large, and can replace other problematic methods of …
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Diapers: to change or not to change
… diapers are most often made from cotton, which has large impacts in terms of the water use, pesticides, and … Manufacturing, packaging, and shipment are relative small sources of energy use, but significant emissions are … the use of disposal diapers would have a rather small effect on our national inventory of greenhouse gas …
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Urban greening success could be as simple as scattering seeds
… a disused train line turned park, is an example of this effect. The study focused on establishing native plants, … also support native wildlife and promote biodiversity. Even small native plant communities can provide vital habitat for … a viable way to increase biodiversity of native plants at scale.” Biodiversity is where broadcast seeding scored …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… programs so they can fight outbreaks while they’re small. A camper at DEC’s Glen Island Campground discovered … participate. Santos said APHIS believes the standard’s effect will grow as more countries join the U.S. as … Satellites help spot where hemlocks are declining and how large the population of woolly adelgid might be, …
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