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The Science and Management Forum series has been well received by its target audience. 

What do stock market crashes, epileptic seizures, and ecological breakdowns have in common? They are all preceded by an increase in variance—be it fluctuations in the Dow Jones index, brain waves, or, in the case of a Wisconsin lake, chlorophyll. Early warning signs help you prepare for, and hopefully prevent, the worst case scenario. 

Our economic system exists in an unhealthy marriage with fossil fuels — coal, oil, and natural gas.

On July 8, 2011 the Cary Institute hosted a forum for undergraduate and graduate students. 

The spring, the Cary Institute organized an intimate exploration of Peru's Upper Amazon. 

Summer is an excellent time to explore the Cary Institute's trail system. 

Cary Institute educators immersed 5th grade students from Poughkeepsie's G.W. Krieger Elementary School in hands-on ecology inquiry. 

In May 2011, writer Akiko Busch was the Institute's inaugural writer-in-residence. 

The Cary Institute hosted the 13th Cary Conference, "Linking Ecology and Ethics for a Changing World: Values, Philosophy, and Action." 

There is irrefutable evidence that global climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and most of the worthwhile debate is now focused on what we should do to mitigate the effects.

Several members of Congress and presidential hopefuls have proposed rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate with the Clean Air and Clean Water acts as a solution to our woes.

Scientists are now realizing that animal and human activities during winter play a critical role in the persistence of West Nile virus.

Private hunting preserves in New York release wild boars for "trophy hunters" to shoot. This benefits only a tiny population of hunters and the game preserves, while presenting serious risks to the public.

What does new science tell us about the risks to drinking water?

New research is providing some of the first scientific evidence that a controversial gas drilling technique can contaminate drinking water.

By closely monitoring the conditions of a remote lake, researchers have found that environmental collapse shares characteristics of the early warnings of collapse in human health and the economy.

One of the best-known bits of folk wisdom about invasive species is that they settle down after a while to become part of a rebalanced ecosystem, and stop being a problem. This is an appealing idea, but how often is it true?

During the spring and summer, Dr. Ken Schmidt, an avian behavioral ecologist from Texas Tech University, investigates bird life on the Cary Institute's 2,000-acre campus.