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Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents
… A new project will monitor how changing seasons, land use, and human behavior influence viral outbreaks in wild … frequency identification tags will help the researchers track the health and viral loads of individual rodents, and … modeling, the metaviromics data get us closer to both quantifying and predicting when viruses actually emerge in …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… 20 city analysis finds current practices at risk of reinforcing systemic inequalities Photo by … of green infrastructure projects. “Many US cities use green infrastructure to comply with storm water … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… it is often in such areas where wildfire poses the greatest risk to human life and property. Of course, people still … than 50 percent as land conversion to exurban and suburban use has exploded. This trend has been particularly intense … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… health sectors in these surveillance activities shall be of use to public health. This would help in the development … novel viruses with epidemic potential and measures for risk mitigation, they write in the study. The research … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders …
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… of Food and Agriculture. “In order to know the risk that new variants pose for people, we really have to … to pick out the most concerning ones, the new project will use artificial intelligence to predict future variants that … He added that since the experiment only uses a small piece of each virus sequence — just the part that …
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Troubling waters: Antiviral medications in wastewater may drive resistance in bat-borne viruses
… with antibiotics. We only have about 10 or 20 that we could use as a first line of defense in a pandemic, and so we … exposed to medium-sized doses may pose the highest risk, the researchers note; since the treatments may not be … disease ecologist. “It could be they are consuming a very small amount, but this could still be having an impact that …
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… at protecting all species from illness and reducing the risk of new variants, emphasize monitoring mammalian … kind of remarkable Swiss Army Knife type of virus that can use [ACE-2] receptors from a broad range of species,” … and colleagues analyzed SARS-CoV-2 isolated from a small group of experimentally exposed mammals including cats …
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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
… nonprofit institutions, and community advocates can use the toolkit to achieve more equitable green … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , … making and science communication from local to global scales.
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… soil microorganisms, this important carbon sink is at risk. A new study led by Jane Lucas , a community … was selected because it is a common antibiotic whose use is expanding on cattle farms. Monensin is inexpensive, …
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Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
… means the next fire will have less to burn, reducing the risk of an uncontrollable blaze. Even if mature trees perish … How are you projecting future fire activity? We use computer models and information on climate, fuel … century. How can models inform management? We can use our models to test bold management interventions and …
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