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Research on the Edge: Ecology Excellence
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø is second among North American institutions in scholarly productivity in ecology, a study published by the Ecological Society of America found recently.Ìý
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT...
• In the first long-term study of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø’s bumble bee population, Molly Jacobson ’17 (pictured) and other researchers funded by Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø’s Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Agricultural Experiment Station found three of the state’s most important bumble bee species have declined drastically over the last 150 years.
• Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø soil scientists Serita Frey and Stuart Grandy co-authored a major study, published in Science, that found that when forest soils warm, they can release abundant carbon into the atmosphere, creating a feedback loop that could accelerate global warming.
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