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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… complex ecological issues in a way that maximized the usefulness of outcomes for everyone. He was an exemplary … colleague and creative leader. David Foster Gary set a gold standard for how to blaze a brilliant path as …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… wildlife extinction—these and other factors have set the stage for the surging presence of Lyme and its … the tick population,” she says. A single deer can “annually feed 500 adult ticks, which each will lay 2,000 … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD
… Kaitlin Saunders checks a mosquito trap in Baltimore, Maryland. Collected mosquitoes were tested for pathogens … the median, two at the median, and one above the median annual household income. All five neighborhoods consist of … Every three weeks from June through September, the team set traps (4-6 traps per neighborhood; 26 traps total) and …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … of humans in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific and Indian Ocean Islands still eat bats. Thousands of inhabitants of the … a major issue over the years. 20,000 of an estimated global annual 55,000 rabies deaths occur in India because they are …
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Angela Hood
… my Bachelor of Science at the University of Michigan, I set out to share my enthusiasm for learning and science with …
ltumblety - 11/07/2023 - 08:56
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Policymakers urged to adopt biofuel standards
Policymakers urged to adopt biofuel standards Photo by United Soybean … The United States lacks the policies needed to ensure that cellulosic biofuel production will not cause environmental … are converted to resource-intensive, monoculture grain crops, as is the current model, the scientific consensus is …
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Adapting to the New Age of Wildfire
… of Large Forest Fires Drives the Exponential Response of Annual Forest-Fire Area to Aridity in the Western United … which I know is sort of part of this project and a broader set of projects that the Moore Foundation is funding? … reestablished. This is likely to persist in this kind of grassland, troubling state that we're seeing for decades to …
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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
… and project future forest carbon. Current Research Annual burned forest area in the western United States has … potential carbon trajectories and relationships between land ownership, development, and carbon markets. Finally, … in ecology, hydrology, and geography to identify the effects of forest disturbance from extreme events on carbon …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
… Land-use & Human Impacts , … years ago due to rapid warming of the climate and its effects on bison habitat. After that, the activities of a … an important role as an ecosystem engineer, restoring grassland habitat. Thanks to efforts to reestablish and …
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Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America
… progress.” Groffman’s research focuses on climate effects on ecosystem biogeochemical processes related to … “Dr. Groffman will bring to ESA a unique and timely set of leadership skills,” current ESA president Shahid … (2020-2021). Looking ahead, Groffman hopes to use his term to strengthen the interface between science and …
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