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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… Before being hired at Cary Institute, he was a postgraduate fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1981-83) and a … contributions have been diverse and have had a very high impact.” His early research transformed how scientists … by this loss. He was a passionate, dedicated, and extremely important advocate – we are truly going to be …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… live in a world where a simple walk in the woods may lay us low or even upend our lives. It’s a world in which ticks … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … there too, infecting people each year and with increasing frequency, though far less frequently than Lyme. What to do? …
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Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents
… difficult to study how changing environmental conditions impact virus transmission in the wild. With $2.9 million in … techniques, which are quite targeted, metaviromics will allow the team to scan for a broad array of viruses in … collecting fecal samples for viral RNA extraction. Radio frequency identification tags will help the researchers …
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Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US … include health consequences of inhaling smoke, which can impact communities far from the flames – sometimes whole … seed supply that would ensure forest regeneration. Plus, extremely hot and dry conditions post-fire are killing the …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… can wash into the surrounding soil, as well as lakes and streams, possibly contaminating reservoirs and drinking … thousands of scientific papers have been published on the impact of chloride salts on bodies of water, organisms and … snowmelt agents with clear environmental advantages and low production costs are developed, chloride salts will …
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Victoria Kelly
… monitoring climate as well as air, precipitation and streamwater quality, solar radiation, phenology, and the … the effectiveness of road salt reduction practices, the impact of climate change on plant and animal life cycle … and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …
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A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change
… the second Powassan-related death in the United States this year. In April, someone in Maine died in the hospital after … to become a more common disease in the U.S., it would be extremely bad news. Read Next In New York state, … about Powassan and many other tick-borne diseases is low, public health officials told Grist. But resources to …
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Beech Bark Disease
… and causing it to deteriorate slowly. The decline can take years to decades, but is usually fatal. The disease also … is lacking. Evidence of disease resistance There is a low level of natural resistance to beech bark disease in the … H. Zhang, N. K. Hillier, A. Morrison, and R. Johns. 2020. Impact of the invasive Beech Leaf-Mining Weevil, Orchestes …
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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
… and community leaders from 6 US cities, the toolkit allows users to explore three true-to-life stories of green … prepares users to effectively consider how decisions impact the function, equitable outcomes, or desired benefits … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… to get a sense of how two increasing stressors impact soils.” Monensin was selected because it is a … Soil samples were treated with either a high dose, low dose, or no dose of the antibiotic; these were heated at … saw real changes in soil microbe communities in both the low and high-dose additions. Rising temperature exacerbated …
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