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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… of Canada’s most intense fire seasons, which could run through the fall if conditions stay dry. Wind patterns will determine whether we experience smoke again. In the longer term, however, climate change will … to increase burning. The area burned in much of North American forests is increasing at a rapid rate. We should …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… as European settlers cut, burned, and girdled their way through the vast stands of oak, hemlock, chestnut, and other … sees patients. Indeed, some years ago he consulted once again with Anderson, who was experiencing eye problems, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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The Lost Snail of the Yangtze
… what sort of animal Helicostoa is. No one has seen it again, and probably no one ever will. Judging from the bit … under such extreme conditions? Biologists from the American Museum of Natural History describe the … teams of men harnessed to bamboo cables towed ships through the rapids (see the photograph below). Where river …
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Low-income Baltimore blocks host bigger, more dangerous mosquitoes
… January 6, 2020 Scientific American Over the past five decades mosquito … to become infected with disease-causing microorganisms and again to pass them on to people, bigger mosquitoes could … are not a massive problem in the U.S. for now. From January through October 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward … Academy of Science , finds that a long-term drying trend throughout the Caribbean is making it harder for the … them with bands, and then counting how many showed up again the following year. He also collected tail feathers, …
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What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out
… of tropical forest — about 29 square miles, or 14,000 American football fields — across three continents over … makes you reflect on time and how much that tree has been through and how many other lives it has influenced, hosted, …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… Columbia University as well as a Visiting Scientist at the American Museum of Natural History in the Center for … and old-growth forests all across the western USA. Through an NSF-GRFP, Sara’s dissertation work synthesized …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… in making a difference to policy and the state of the world through the Science Policy Exchange. He was a great … all my old Cary family. I’d like to think he now walks through beautiful, unspoiled ancient forests. You will be …
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July: Stay cool
… surface waters cool enough in the fall to allow the wind to again mix the lake. As a result, the deep waters of the lake … all summer, hoping that there is enough oxygen to see them through until the room is opened again in the fall. They … These legacies of the ancient ice sheets still keep us cool through July’s hottest days. …
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Beech Bark Disease
… in North America. Beech bark disease has been spreading through the American beech ( Fagus grandifolia ) population ever … its abundant saplings impede the movement of equipment through the forest. As a result, research on how to maintain …
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