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West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD
… income. Graduate student Kaitlin Saunders checks a mosquito trap in Baltimore, Maryland. Collected mosquitoes … focused on five neighborhoods in Baltimore representing a socioeconomic range. Focal neighborhoods included two … Higher West Nile Virus Infection in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) …
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In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes
… from University of Maryland - College Park, collecting mosquito larvae in a vacant lot in Baltimore. Credit: … Blocks were distributed among five neighborhoods ranging in socioeconomic status – with varying levels of management and occupancy. …
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The whine of a mosquito on a summer night
The whine of a mosquito on a summer night We may expect warmer … Higher West Nile virus infection in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes from …
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Catching the next pandemic early: the coronavirus is one example
… An intimidating image of a mosquito, magnified about 1,000 times larger than life, … on this test, the model correctly identified the disease status of 90% of the rodent populations, according to an … with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to build a prototype early-warning system for animal-transmitted …
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Studying effects of temperature and competition on larval mosquitoes
Studying effects of temperature and competition on larval mosquitoes I knew that my research … relevant to human health. Larval mosquito mesocosms in an incubator. Credit: Emmanuel Kotey. … and survival to adulthood. Understanding how temperature affects mosquito development is important to predicting the …
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Dr. Danielle Hare
… doctoral research examined how changing stream temperature affects organic carbon cycling and stream ecosystems, and …
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Nature's Best Hope - Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
… to an ecological deadscape. And we do that because it's a status symbol. It's a really ingrained status symbol. And … our light system, then we're going to invite one of the mosquito foggers to come kill all of our insects. It's a … thuringiensis, a natural bacterium that only kills aquatic diptera. And the only aquatic diptera in your bucket is …
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Extreme Heat, COVID, & Equity in New York City
… Heat vulnerability in New York City has been linked to socioeconomic indicators, including household income and … Q: Can you repeat or type the name of the author on redlining and heat? A: …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… the salt concentration of water sources and soil. This affects the growth of roadside plants, and can even lead to … high chloride levels in surface water are toxic to certain types of fish, insects and amphibians, states the US … in liquid form. After the introduction of the standard, 14 types of calcium chloride and magnesium chloride agents …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… Wildlife & Habitat As the … since 1966, volunteers go out and census the number and types of birds they can see or hear along roadsides across … from West Nile — presumably because the virus’s mosquito vectors were more likely to thrive. That finding …
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