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  1. In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests

    … in the death of small trees, which could lead to shifts in composition of tropical forests and their ability to store … it is estimated that lightning kills more than 16% of tree biomass annually, including 40-50% of the largest trees. … from a nearby tree. They then evaluated how forest structure impacted lightning disturbance severity for 22 …

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  2. Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

    … and antibiotics simultaneously, to get a sense of how two increasing stressors impact soils.” Monensin was … land in northern Idaho that was free of grazing livestock. Vegetation cover at the collection site, primarily tallgrass … monitored soil respiration, acidity, microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and …

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  3. Cary Institute’s Steward Pickett Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

    … including 30 international scholars, recently announced. Two Cary-affiliated scientists were also honored with the … de Chile. Pickett’s research explores the ecological structure of urban areas and how vegetation changes through time after disturbance, with …

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

    … estimated that globally over 66 million tonnes are used for de-icing every year. The use of chloride salts on roads … or so, some cities have been raising standards on their composition, as well as promoting what they deem to be … pavements and bridges, while also protecting roadside vegetation. Kelly said she was unable to comment on …

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  5. What is a species?

    … Dr. William H. Schlesinger President Emeritus, Biogeochemist … without its problems.  For instance, how do we classify two populations of individuals that could interbreed, but … separate species may now be found to be of the same genetic composition and thus a single species, perhaps with enough …

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  6. Raymond J Winchcombe

    … Wildlife Biologist Expertise wildlife, deer management winchcomber@caryinstitute.org … Cary Institute deer management program are to protect the structure and function of our forested ecosystems, and … The four major components the program include: Vegetation monitoring via browse surveys. Monitoring deer

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  7. Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change

    … may help forests cope with climate change Study identifies trends linking temperature variability and forest … future?” The team looked at global climate records for two 20-year study periods, 1950-1969 and 2000-2019, to … modern forest productivity, the researchers used global vegetation data detected by NASA’s MODIS satellites . …

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  8. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … There was nothing inevitable about the Lyme epidemic. Then humans disrupted the environment and fueled … kid, they were common in Lyme. His house was surrounded on two sides by forest, and Anderson liked to bike in the … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  9. Beech Bark Disease

    … ever since, killing countless trees and altering the structure and food webs of forests from Canada’s Maritime … insect (the beech scale, Cryptococcus fagisuga ) and two species of bark-cankering fungi ( Neonectria faginata … NY. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne de Recherche Forestiere 33:1754–1760. 4 Latty, E. F., C. …

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  10. Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges

    … Freshwater Devastating storms, dying coral reefs, frightening new … fields smothered fish spawning sites, destroyed aquatic vegetation, and clogged fish gills; toxic metals, cyanide, … 1996. Estuaries 19: 890-900. In the late 1960s, two events in Ohio pushed forward national resolve to …

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