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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to … come. Heartfelt vibes to his family, friends, and all my old Cary family. I’d like to think he now walks through …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… human development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban growth, habitat … for ticks—and it was inhabited. In the world of wildfire prevention and suppression, there is a concept … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Science in action: Lake trout research informs new Adirondack nature preserve
… fished, Follensby hosted a decent proportion of large, old-age lake trout. Findings suggested they reach sexual … would basically eradicate what has been termed an ‘old growth’ population of a species that is particularly … understanding of how the natural world works and how it is changing over time. In addition to hosting future …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… remote sensing and computer simulations to model forest response – scaling from individual trees up to entire … had two foci: the socioecological repercussions for changing fire regimes in the Sonoran Desert and … of Kenya, sagebrush steppe of the Rocky Mountains, and old-growth forests all across the western USA. Through an …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US Discover why … Hansen discusses how fires in the western United States are changing, what this means for people and ecosystems, and how … People with lung and heart disease, as well as children and older adults, are at increased risk of severe health …
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Dr. Danielle Hare
… Currently, Dr. Hare’s research focuses on studying the response of stream ecosystems to climatic and land use … with Dr. Ashley Helton. Her doctoral research examined how changing stream temperature affects organic carbon cycling … Her work was part of the NSF-funded collaboration: Carbon Response to Experimental Warming in Streams (CREWS) …
ltumblety - 02/05/2024 - 09:36
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist … and are home to tree species that are fire adapted. What is changing is the severity of these fires. Climate change … in fire. As temperatures warm, the atmosphere is able to hold more water. This causes water to be increasingly pulled …
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Adapting to the New Age of Wildfire
… Rapid Growth of Large Forest Fires Drives the Exponential Response of Annual Forest-Fire Area to Aridity in the … you put together, that create a fire? And why are those changing so that we're getting more and more fires? …
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Dosing the coast: Baltimore County’s leaky pipes are medicating the Chesapeake Bay
… and streams can disrupt animal biology and behavior, algal growth, and other ecological processes – with harmful … meaning aquatic organisms are exposed to a constantly changing mixture of compounds. Fork explains, … to freshwaters requires municipal investment in repairing old and damaged wastewater infrastructure, and upgrading …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… area before, spotted in 2017 on Prospect Mountain. A quick response to the infestation showed the invasive bug was on a … do feel as though the infestation is more than five years old at this point.” Ezra Schwartzberg, an entomologist … save the big, old trees in the Adirondacks.” Old growth Some of the oldest trees in the state are …
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