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

    … to the field, and aggressively worked the interface between science and society. The strength of his … early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to streams. …

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  2. Beech Bark Disease

    … girdle the tree, disrupting its internal nutrient transport system and causing it to deteriorate slowly. … understood, but it may be affected by the level of nitrogen in the tree 1 . Like many plant-eating insects, … and J. M. Griffin. 2010. Long-term changes in forest carbon and nitrogen cycling caused by an introduced …

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  3. Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America

    … effects on ecosystem biogeochemical processes related to carbon and nitrogen cycles. In addition to his role at Cary, he is a … Groffman hopes to use his term to strengthen the interface between science and society, focusing on issues such as open …

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  4. Hydrogen fuels

    … With this approach, producing hydrogen is responsible for carbon dioxide added to Earth’s atmosphere. Only if the … hydrogen is easily lost to leaks during storage and transport. It is of more than passing interest that the … (H2) spends about 2 years in the atmosphere.  The balance between the production of hydrogen and its destruction …

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

    In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce … By enriching soils, they benefit forest recovery and carbon storage Photo by Sarah Batterman March 10, … a contribution of the Agua Salud Project, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the …

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  6. Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon

    Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon Planting fixers could benefit … of individual trees. The model accounts for competition between plants for light and nutrients, nutrient cycling …

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  7. Dr. Jane M. Lucas

    … ecology of antibiotics, agricultural ecosystems and soil health, global change ecology, ecology of microbiomes, … how livestock antibiotics affect soil microbes, soil carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and the rise of antibiotic resistance. …

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  8. In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores

    In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores … The ability of tropical forests to grow and store carbon is limited, in part, by herbivory. Insects and other … of the tropical forest carbon sink. By partnering with soil microbes, nitrogen-fixing trees turn atmospheric …

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  9. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … the Northeast’s depleted lands for the rich post-glacial soil of the Midwest. The forests came back in a big way. By … and an earnest smile, has been studying the relationships between ticks, rodents, deer, other mammals, and their … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  10. Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

    Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities Combined stressors could impair soils’ ability to cycle nutrients and trap carbon Research assistant Peter Hoch collects prairie … microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes.  They …

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