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This November 2011 press release can be used as an accessible reading assignment to accompany and introduce a discussion of the ecological concepts included in issue #14 of ESA's Issues in Ecology...
The purpose of this report is to distill advances in the science of air pollution thresholds and to describe their use to assess, protect and manage the nation’s ecosystems and the vital services...
It is not surprising that humans have profoundly altered the global nitrogen (N) cycle in an effort to feed 7 billion people, because nitrogen is an essential plant and animal nutrient. Food and...
This January 2012 press release introduces and describes the significance of issue #15 of ESA's Issues in Ecology series, "Excess Nitrogen in the U.S. Environment: Trends, Risks, and Solutions."
In this TIEE data set, students answer the question of what influences flux of nitrogen from catchments underlain by discontinuous permafrost. Students work with a large dataset describing...
Students bring prior knowledge about science to our courses, yet sometimes their information is inaccurate.The Beedlow et al. article [attached] provides a foundation for addressing several...
This modeling activity simulates how atmospheric CO2 concentrations, which influence global climate, increase with deforestation and decrease during reforestation. As fast-growing tropical trees...
The Cadillac and Dorr Mountains as viewed from the summit of Gorham Ridge, Acadia National Park, Maine. A recent study that included Acadia National Park found that atmospheric deposition varies...
The Kuparuk River flows to the Arctic Ocean from the foothills of the Brooks Range, seen to the south in the background. The Kuparuk River was experimentally enriched with phosphorus every summer...
This project seeks to improve the student’s understanding of the terrestrial water budget by exploring the dynamics of one of its major components: evapotranspiration, a process that includes the...
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