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A new 10-year study investigates how insect infestations can affect the forest carbon cycle
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Insect Infestations Alter Forest Carbon Cycle

by Aaron Sidder 30 July 201811 January 2022

A hemlock woolly adelgid outbreak in southern Appalachia prompted a transformation in where the forest stores carbon.

Researchers studied ant species interactions in response to experimentally simulated warming climate.
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Ant Populations Destabilize Under Warming

by JoAnna Wendel 4 November 201611 January 2022

In forest experiments in which artificial warming mimicked future climate conditions, heat-tolerant ants thrived, leaving other populations unstable.

Bee sitting in sandstone hole.
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Rock-Chomping Bees Burrow into Sandstone

by JoAnna Wendel 26 September 201611 January 2022

A previously unknown species of rock-excavating bees, discovered 40 years ago but not reported in the scientific literature, finally gets the spotlight.

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Bark Beetles Cause Big Tree Die-Offs, but Streams Flow Steadily

by L. Strelich 9 March 201611 January 2022

Recent beetle epidemics have driven tree die-offs across North America, and previous studies predicted an increase in annual streamflow would follow—but a new study shows this may not be the case.

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Silk Insect Nets Can Reshape Creek Beds

by E. Betz 16 December 201411 January 2022

Colonies of tiny caddisflies slow stream sediment transport with their silk nets.

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