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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… scientific contributions have been diverse and have had a very high impact.” His early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that dry … rainfall. Gary also advanced scientific understanding of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, …
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July: Stay cool
… This explains why you cool down so much faster in a cool lake than in cool air. Photo by Ali Eminov … glass of 60 degree water, and watch what happens). Water is very, very good at absorbing heat from your suffering, … There are subtler effects as well. I already noted that nutrient pollution leads to oxygen depletion in the …
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Dr. Evan Gora
… death. Plants play crucial roles in global biodiversity and nutrient cycling. However, plant mortality rates are … decompose with major implications for the global carbon budget. Evan explores how environmental conditions, … forest nutrient cycling and its response to global change. News & Multimedia Videos Podcasts Death …
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What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out
… in tropical forests store a stunning amount of carbon. A new tree forensics project seeks to find out why they die, … about the width of a large pizza. While that may not sound very impressive, these trees comprise the largest 1% in the … forests and their crucial contributions to the carbon budget. “While we know that environmental change …
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Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds
… to it,” said lead author Chris Solomon , who studies lake ecology at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. … an estimated 24.5 million tons of road salt on its roads every winter — mostly in the form of sodium chloride. Rain … predictions were compared to measurements taken at Mirror Lake in New Hampshire, a site that has been monitored …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… of around 10 percent. “For us,” he says, “that is very concerning.” How did we get here? Why did Lyme … it flows into Long Island Sound, with estuary areas and lakes and rivers. And it is wooded, second-generation wooded … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… streams so acid that no fish could survive; and excessive nutrient loads fueled runaway algal growth in Lake Erie. Over his long life, Trautman watched as … parties and majorities in the congressional delegations of every state. President Nixon vetoed the bill. He thought it …
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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change … different temperatures contain different concentrations of nutrients and oxygen; these conditions give rise to distinct … seeing that Mohonk Lake responds to NAO fluctuations in a very consistent way. Looking at NAO data, you could predict, …
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In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients
… Tropical Forests A new study , published this week in Proceedings of the … role in recovering tropical forests by enriching nutrient-poor soils with scarce elements such as phosphorus … These nutrients include things like phosphorus, which is very limited in tropical forest soils and important to plant …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… beneath the forest canopy toward spectacular views across Lake George and its wooded islands. It was an Indian summer … of Agriculture. Both have reported populations in New York. Emerald ash borer. Credit: … we tend to forget about things that are happening that are very important,” Benedict said, “and more important than …
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