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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, … effort lives on.” His sudden death is a tremendous loss to the field, and all who knew his probing mind, kind …
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Beech Bark Disease
… helps the bears fatten up for the winter hibernation. The loss of beech trees, especially the largest ones, reduces … understood, but it may be affected by the level of nitrogen in the tree 1 . Like many plant-eating insects, … systemic or surface-applied insecticides can be used to control the beech scale insect. This is most useful in the …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… Cue the stingless wasps. Hope for ash Biological control is a fancy term for a living creature that is a kind … Park, Van Ryn and others consider the species’ potential loss there heartbreaking. Another problem, Bernacki said, is … an acre, for a total of $62,500 this fall. Some densely forested acres may need further treatments. Whitmore plans …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… of current and future forest health across backyards, watersheds, and the planet. This science is relevant to … applications, and government-sponsored efforts to control forest pathogens in both the US and Canada. She has … conventional methods underestimate the potential for forest loss with climate change, and 2) countervailing mechanisms …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds
… it can leach toxic metals and radioactive materials from soil and water pipes. Solomon saw the upward-trending … level off. The model looked at road density in lake watersheds, the amount of road salt applied per road mile, … But in the meantime our results suggest that efforts to control salt application can make a big difference, and may …
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Agriculture without weeds and bugs
… emissions, about 80 percent of the emissions of reactive nitrogen, and huge amounts of pesticides in the environment. … land. Similar results were seen in an analysis of 30 forested sites. In organic agriculture, soils and plants … lakes. Pursuit of insect-free farming is resulting in a loss of diversity at higher trophic levels across the …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… roughly three-fourths of southern New England had been deforested, transformed into fenced pastures, farm fields, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … intact, getting deer, tick, and rodent populations under control, scaling back the WUI lifestyle that puts so many …
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Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution
Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution … of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, much of it from the loss of carbon content from soils converted to … that soil carbon sequestration is slow stems from its nitrogen and phosphorus contents, which are also lost …
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Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space
… This water provides critical support for life on Earth. Soil moisture regulates plant growth, affecting wildlife and … measuring waterflow in river basins, and disease control and prevention managers can all put soil moisture … and validate SMAP satellite data – specifically over forested terrain. Originally, the SMAP mission aimed to …
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Dr. Arielle Biro
… ranging from climate, fire, species composition, and soil nutrients, affect the future of boreal forests under … understanding how soil nutrients, soil microbes, fire, and nitrogen fixation affect savanna tree growth and ecosystem nutrient pools. Dr. …
ltumblety - 12/06/2023 - 08:49