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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… managed to have fun in the process. Better colleagues are hard to find,” comments Cary President Emeritus … 30-year mentor and later collaborator and friend, advising not only me but many of my students as well. Christine … Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand I will miss you Gary! Thanks for advising me in such a kind and generous …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… strings of nature, and the consequences of its unraveling are impossible to reckon. Lyme, like Covid-19, is a zoonotic … are at particular risk of encountering infected ticks. You can see how this might play out. It’s early June, and … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Ecology and artificial intelligence: stronger together
… kinds of problems that we deal with regularly in ecology are not only challenges that AI could benefit from in terms of … computer vision, and more. “Mode collapse is when you're training an artificial neural network on something, …
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Jonathan J. Cole: In Memory
… is derived from land-based carbon, and that some fish are in fact made of maple leaves. Jon … to keep his mind fresh for his science.” We regret not acting on Jon’s suggestion of “Have You Hugged a Limnologist Today” bumper stickers. In his …
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… at Ohio’s Columbus Zoo who died this past June—have not. And as with humans, even animals that remain … scientists say is heightened by a changing climate. “We are interacting more and more with wildlife in a planet … Dalhousie University in Canada. “It’s worrying because you have something that’s adapted to one environment going …
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Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem
… is now getting plenty more shots on goal. This time, we may not get so lucky; the geography of monkeypox might soon … roughly 40 percent of known mammals. Though not all species are capable of carrying monkeypox—for example, guinea … inside of a viable host. But in the wilds of nature, “you can break your back and end up getting only five animals …
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Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
… Animals and plants are not evenly distributed across the globe. Biodiversity is … in tropical areas near the equator, tapering off rapidly as you move toward the poles. But islands in the ocean do not …
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Team Cary: Sanjay Natesan
… Albania and other Mediterranean countries. What got you interested in science? I have an older sister who loves science, and my parents are computer software engineers, so there has always been a … a project on him as part of my physics class. I researched not only his contributions to science, but his life outside …
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Team Cary: Elsa Anderson
… 6, 2021 Tell us about your academic path. What led you to study ecology? I started my bachelor’s in … on the formerly Soviet side of the wall. Those forests are still on the landscape, providing ecosystem services for … me, “Those lots are full of weeds and garbage; it’s not useful habitat. It's not good for anybody.” But that's …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… Below, he addressed some questions about what we are experiencing, what we can expect in the future, and why … advance predictive fire science. The Northeastern US is not accustomed to dealing with hazardous smoke drift from … them? There are real health risks from fires, even if you are only exposed to smoke. The health effects of …
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