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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… to the field, and aggressively worked the interface between science and society. The strength of his … managed to have fun in the process. Better colleagues are hard to find,” comments Cary President Emeritus … about ecosystems, & ecology more generally, for many of us. What a loss. Elizabeth Borer Gary was always so …
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What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out
What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, … forensics project seeks to find out why they die, if deaths are increasing, and what it means for climate change. A … changing along with the global climate. To differentiate between the potential culprits, the team will be recording …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… wildfires. Below, he addressed some questions about what we are experiencing, what we can expect in the future, and why … in the US, people start the vast majority of fires. Between 1992 and 2012, people were responsible for starting …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… signs of brain inflammation. The adults didn’t know what was wrong with him. His elementary school worried that … strings of nature, and the consequences of its unraveling are impossible to reckon. Lyme, like Covid-19, is a zoonotic … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Beech Bark Disease
… tree that would grace the Public Gardens for decades. What they didn’t know is that tiny insects hiding on that … the beech scale 1 . The exact nature of the interactions between these organisms is an area of active research, but … has existed for decades in the region where the trees are most abundant, including New York, New England, and …
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July: Stay cool
… water has the highest heat capacity of any substance you are likely to encounter in your everyday life, which means … and the second in a big glass of 60 degree water, and watch what happens). Water is very, very good at absorbing heat … depletion in the underlake, squeezing coldwater fishes between overheating and suffocation. Coldwater fishes are …
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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
… has contributed to current landscapes of inequality, and what avenues exist to transform planning for equitable … 20 diverse US cities. Findings from the 20-city study are featured on GIequity.org, a new website identifying … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …
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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
… decades, threatening forest carbon stocks. If forests are to prove an effective component in natural climate … determine potential carbon trajectories and relationships between land ownership, development, and carbon markets. Finally, she is identifying the tradeoffs between maximizing forest carbon storage and other …
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Machine learning IDs mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2
… Back and forth transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between people and other mammals increases the risk of new … in farms, zoos, and even our homes. Knowing which mammals are capable of re-infecting us is vital to preventing … and animal surveillance will help us better understand what enables spillover, spillback, and secondary …
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Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
… in the western US Discover why wildfires are increasing and how science can help us adapt. 2013 … how fires in the western United States are changing, what this means for people and ecosystems, and how fire … for 84% of wildfires ignited, and 44% of area burned, between 1992-2012. Things like fireworks, tossed cigarette …
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