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An ecological approach to forest stewardship – virtual workshop series. Learn about the impacts of development, habitat loss, and fragmentation on forests, and how forest composition is changing due to invasive plants, pests, and pathogens.

An ecological approach to forest stewardship – virtual workshop series. Learn how to measure the current health of your forest and set future goals.

SanClements will discuss the history and pervasiveness of plastics, what to consider when choosing which plastics to use, and why reducing plastic consumption can benefit the environment and our health.

Experts answer questions about invasive forest pests. Topics include: biological control of forest pests, inspection efforts with live plants and at ports, and prospects for eradicating forest pests.

USDA  produced a report on their efforts to prevent forest pests from entering the country in international trade. The report, which was released in March 2021 by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is unfortunately brief and superficial. However, it does amplify some key aspects of the problem, and it highlights the need for Congressional action to protect the nation’s forests and to maintain the carbon sequestration that they provide.

Not long ago, I went on a walk with some friends through a field near my house in upstate New York. When we stopped for a break, something moving on my pants caught my eye. There were about a dozen reddish-brown ticks crawling up my legs. I looked closer and found ticks tangled in my socks, latched on to the insides of my shoes, hanging by hooked legs to the backs of my knees.

This July, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is offering two virtual summer experiences: EcoQuest and Art + Science.

Programas educativos de julio para estudiantes + adultos; Hay opciones en español

Este mes de julio, el Instituto Cary ofrece dos experiencias virtuales de verano: Eco-Búsqueda y Arte + Ciencia.

Pharmaceutical pollution is found in streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on animals and ecosystems. A new study, published in the journal Ecosphere, investigated the effects of antidepressant pollution on crayfish.

Lessons learned on how the Hudson River has responded to invasive species such as zebra mussels and water chestnut, how shoreline development impacts water quality, and habitat response to sea level rise and saltwater intrusion.

Jane Lucas studies microbial communities, which exist in nearly every environment and play a key role in nutrient cycling. These tiny and abundant microorganisms help fertilize plants and recycle organic debris, with important implications for agriculture and ecosystem health.

One recent report finds that 64% of agricultural land worldwide is contaminated by more than one pesticide and 31% contains pesticide residues that are more than 1000 times higher than threshold levels of known impact.

Shannon LaDeau is a disease ecologist at Cary Institute. For over a decade, she has explored mosquito ecology, to better understand how environmental and social factors influence mosquito-borne disease risk for people.

Tropical forests are our climate allies. By storing carbon dioxide in their trees and soils, tropical forests trap harmful greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

Recent climate change studies indicate that large changes may first be seen in arid and dryland habitats, where species now adapted to hot conditions live on the edge of their tolerance of warmth and limited water.

Kitty-Cams” mounted on free-roaming pet cats showed frequent predation on lizards, birds and small mammals, at a rate of 2.4 items each week.

Over the past half-century, mosquitoes have extracted about $150 billion, rats about $67 billion, and feral cats about $52 billion from human coffers—an aggregate of $1.3 trillion. Moreover, such invasions are likely to accelerate and have driven current costs up to $167 billion annually.

Late last month the National Academy of Sciences released a report recommending that the U.S. initiate a $200 million research program to understand the potential for and potential consequences of geoengineering to mitigate the effects of global climate change.

In the past when mercury, chromium, and other metals were used to treat leather, the factories left behind a legacy of contamination in lake and river sediments. These deposits continue to leak metals to the surface waters today, providing a legacy of past contamination that we must live with.