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  1. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … predator eradication, wildlife extinction—these and other factors have set the stage for the surging presence of Lyme … New York, he and his team have uncovered some of the key dynamics in the Lyme disease system. Through long-term … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  2. New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison

    … easy it is to wipe out a species.”  To clarify which factors led to the European bison’s decline, Pilowsky and … a detailed simulation that combined paleoclimate data, vegetation and habitat information, the population growth … humans across Eurasia, and bison population and dispersal dynamics. Historical records, fossil evidence, and ancient …

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  3. Beech Bark Disease

    … cause bark lesions that grow and eventually girdle the tree, disrupting its internal nutrient transport system and … beech bark disease was unknown in North America until the invasion of the beech scale 1 . The exact nature of the … in northern hardwood forests: the importance of nitrogen dynamics and forest history for disease severity. Canadian …

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  4. Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US

    … across the landscape. Climate change is amplifying these factors. The abundance of fuel on the landscape is also … species burn hotter and easier than others, the type of vegetation growing in a region influences the fires that … species rely on fire during key life stages. For example, tree species like lodgepole pine produce cones sealed by …

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  5. Dr. Vanessa Rubio

    … at the University of Birmingham to study giant tree dynamics under the Gigante project. Using data … environment in driving giant tree mortality and carbon dynamics. Previous research During her PhD, working …

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

    … verges that contain plants. Rather than being piled into tree pits or onto grass, ice and snow that had been exposed … devastating winter storms of 2008, residents of villages along the Beijing–Zhuhai expressway reported issues with … pavements and bridges, while also protecting roadside vegetation. Kelly said she was unable to comment on …

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

    … 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 skill-building activities.  … engage as learners in this authentic and inquiry-based way, we can work with them to develop materials that allow …

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  8. Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents

    … contact with people.”  The team will explore these dynamics in wild rodents and the viruses they carry in both … Artificial intelligence will be used to parse how these factors and others interact to influence virus abundance and … spillover risk . “Machine learning is a really powerful way to look at data from a different perspective,” Han …

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  9. Troubling waters: Antiviral medications in wastewater may drive resistance in bat-borne viruses

    … resistance. Should the bat-borne viruses then find their way into humans, we would have fewer tools to fight them. … species consumes. The extent to which any of these vital factors occur is currently unknown.   Bat populations … to only the most at-risk individuals; monitoring and regulating wastewater from pharmaceutical manufacturers; …

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  10. What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out

    … tropical forests store a stunning amount of carbon. A new tree forensics project seeks to find out why they die, if … tree deaths are wind, lightning, drought, and disease — factors that are all changing along with the global climate. To differentiate between the …

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