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  1. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … similar species, Ixodes pacificus, also a Lyme carrier, is confined to pockets of the West Coast—are primarily forest … the Northeast’s depleted lands for the rich post-glacial soil of the Midwest. The forests came back in a big way. By … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  2. Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends

    … al./Nature 2024 “Many plants rely on fungi to access soil nutrients, or on specialized pollinators to … due to plants' co-dependence on other organisms such as root fungi and pollinators, according to a new paper. … investigating how human introduction of plants to islands alters the patterns seen in the study.  The findings …

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  3. Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems

    Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems … growth or turnover would alter oxygen levels and nutrient dynamics – key aspects of stream functioning that could … Alexander Reisinger – University of Florida, Soil and Water Sciences Department  Lindsey Reisinger …

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  4. In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients

    … “We’ve long known that nitrogen-fixing trees work with soil microbes to make atmospheric nitrogen available to … plots that are part of the Agua Salud Secondary Forest Dynamics Network in the Panama Canal Area. They measured … Nitrogen fixation by bacteria occurs in root nodules of nitrogen-fixing trees. This nitrogen fixer, …

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  5. Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?

    … China – prevent ice forming on the road by lowering the freezing point of water. Pure water becomes ice at 0C, but … salts increase the salt concentration of water sources and soil. This affects the growth of roadside plants, and can … snow – and snowmelt agents – pushed onto their roots by roadsweepers. Snowmelt agents can also harm the …

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  6. Cary Institute to offer immersive, paid research experience for teachers

    … the opportunity to create and run simulations of future forest and fire dynamics, conduct field surveys of tick density and distribution, explore soil food webs, and identify tree species, among other …

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  7. Victoria Kelly

    … Data from the program have been used to understand the dynamics of road salt and the effects of climate change on … and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …

    ltumblety - 08/01/2023 - 09:43

  8. Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend

    … with great sadness that we share that Gary M. Lovett , forest ecologist and Senior Scientist Emeritus at Cary … about Gary’s science career was his transition out of the confines of academia to take on the threat of forest pests … & enjoyed very much our discussions about the fate of soil C and N on those plots. I will always remember you! …

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  9. Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise

    … ecologist at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, said in an interview. This past May, the team … of SARS-CoV-2 and could result in different disease dynamics, Maguire said. For this reason, efforts to curb the … might evolve over the next half century. As climate change alters human land use and causes other species to shift …

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  10. Beech Bark Disease

    … in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … In the beech-maple-birch forests that dominate northern New York and New England, beech is the only species … in northern hardwood forests: the importance of nitrogen dynamics and forest history for disease severity. Canadian …

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