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ESA joined 34 other organizations to participate in the 23rd Annual Exhibition and Reception of the Coalition for National Science Funding (NSF) on Capitol Hill, entitled \u201cInvestments in STEM Research and Education: Fueling American Innovation.\u201d This event, held on May 16, showcased research made possible by the National Science Foundation. Christopher Swan (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) represented ESA, presenting his research on biodiversity in river networks. NSF Director France Cordova stopped at each exhibit and spoke with those presenting.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”goat news stories” _builder_version=”3.0.90″ custom_margin=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n
The amazing tree-climbing goats that help farmers disperse seeds by spitting them on the ground\u00a0<\/a> Phoebe Weston Daily Mail\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>25 May 2017 Ptooey! Tree-Climbing Goats Spread Seeds by Spitting<\/a> Stephanie Pappas Live Science\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>25 May 2017 Tree-climbing, seed-spitting goats aid farming in Morocco<\/a> Yahoo News (Reprint Sky News)\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>30 May 2017 Au Maroc, les ch\u00e8vres perch\u00e9es dispersent les graines des arbres en les crachant<\/a> Anne-Sophie Tassart Sciences et Avenir\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>31 May 2017<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”goats Image” src=”https:\/\/www.esa.org\/esa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/170524-DELIBES-tree-climbing-seed-spitting-goats-fee1488-fig-0001.png” url=”https:\/\/www.esa.org\/esa\/goats-climb-argan-trees-spit-seeds\/” url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.90″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”goats image caption” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]<\/p>\n Goats graze on an argan tree in southwestern Morocco. In the fruiting season, many clean argan nuts are spat out by the goats while chewing their cud. Credit: H Garrido\/EBD-CSIC<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”goat news stories” _builder_version=”3.0.90″ custom_margin=”70px|||”]<\/p>\n Do Tree-Climbing Goats Help Plant New Trees?<\/a> Marc Silver NPR\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>31 May 2017 Tree-climbing goats spit out and disperse valuable argan seeds<\/a> Elizabeth Preston New Scientist\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>25 May 2017 These tree-climbing goats spread seeds by spitting<\/a> Mary Beth Griggs Popular Science\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>25 May 2017 Tree-Climbing Goats Scatter Seeds By Spitting<\/a> Forbes\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>26 May 2017 These tree-climbing goats disperse seeds by spitting instead of pooping them out, study says<\/a> Alessandra Potenza The Verge\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>26 May 2017<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Green Divider Line” _builder_version=”3.0.90″ border_color_all=”#7cda24″ border_width_top=”5px” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_margin=”50px|||” _builder_version=”3.0.90″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”biodiversity & disease Image” src=”https:\/\/www.esa.org\/esa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ecs21676-fig-0001-biodiversity-not-bad-for-your-health-768×271.png” url=”https:\/\/www.esa.org\/esa\/biodiversity-emerging-diseases-and-more-esa-tipsheet-30-march-2017\/” url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.90″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”biodiversity caption” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]<\/p>\n Is biodiversity bad for your health?\u00a0<\/strong>Ecologists writing in ESA\u2019s open access journal\u00a0Ecosphere<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>say the opposite is more likely true. The specter of a dangerous new disease emerging from the dark depths of the wilderness, jumping from an animal host to people, is an oft-told horror story, though such \u201cspillover\u201d from wild species is not the most common mechanism through which new diseases emerge. Several recent reviews have expressed concerns that intact ecosystems rich in biodiversity pose a danger to human health by harboring an equal diversity of infectious disease agents. Richard Ostfeld and Felicia Keesing authors review the evidence for emerging disease risk in both relatively intact, functional ecosystems and ecosystems strongly affected by human presence. Though high diversity in vertebrate species is sometimes correlated with a wider total pool of pathogen species, biodiversity is not linked to a larger number of pathogens with the potential to leap between species. Figure 1 of\u00a0Ecosphere<\/em>\u00a08(3):e01676.\u00a010.1002\/ecs2.1676.<\/a> Credit, ESA<\/em>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”biodiversity PR Text” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday 30 March 2017<\/strong> Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Liza Lester \u00a0202-833-8773 ext. 211,\u00a0LLester@esa.org<\/a><\/p>\n -> read the press release<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”tipsheet news stories” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]<\/p>\n Wake up, this is your Kea alarm<\/a> James Russell National Geographic Voices<\/strong><\/em> 25 April 2017<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.90″ global_module=”975″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Green Divider Line” global_parent=”975″ _builder_version=”3.0.90″ background_layout=”light” border_width_top=”5px” border_color_all=”#7cda24″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_margin=”50px|||” _builder_version=”3.0.90″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”fires PR Text” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]<\/p>\n FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday 1 March 2017 <\/strong>Contact:<\/strong> Lars Sandved Dalen, NIBIO,\u00a0Lars.Dalen@nibio.no Liza Lester, ESA, 202-833-8773 ext. 211,\u00a0LLester@esa.org<\/a> Until the modern era, the human mark on the northernmost forests of North America, Europe, and Asia was light. Human populations in these challenging environments were too small to make a big impact through agriculture or timber harvests. But increasing evidence indicates people influenced the northern forests indirectly, by igniting or suppressing fires. Distinguishing human from climatic influence on historical fire patterns is critical to forest management planning, which is guided by historical patterns of fire frequency, size, and intensity. A boreal forest nature reserve in southern Norway offered a unique opportunity to reconstruct past events, as scientists from the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) demonstrated in a report published online ahead of print in the Ecological Society of America\u2019s journal\u00a0Ecological Monographs<\/em><\/a>. The trees told a story of a surge in human-instigated fires during the 17th<\/sup>\u00a0and 18th<\/sup>\u00a0centuries, followed by fire suppression after AD 1800, as economic motivations changed. ->read the press release<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=” fires Image” src=”https:\/\/www.esa.org\/esa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image-2-View-from-study-area-Heimseter%C3%A5sen-Photo-credit-J%C3%B8rund-Rolstad-NIBIO.jpg” url=”https:\/\/www.esa.org\/esa\/fire-scarred-trees-record-700-years-of-natural-and-cultural-fire-history-in-a-northern-forest\/” url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.90″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”fires caption” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]<\/p>\n Trillemarka-Rollagsfjell Nature Reserve in Southern Norway<\/strong>. Since 1300, several hundred forest fires have burn in the nature reserve, but it has been 200 years since the last, large forest fire. The image shows the view from Heimseter\u00e5sen towards Tekslehogget.\u00a0Photo credit: J\u00f8rund Rolstad, NIBIO.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.90″ background_color=”rgba(191,191,191,0.39)”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Social Media Header and Text” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]<\/p>\n Public Affairs manages ESA’s social media accounts, including Twitter (28,600 followers) and Facebook (11,698 followers).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Terry Wheeler remembrance” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]<\/p>\n Remembering @ta_wheeler<\/a>: today ESA mourns the loss of a beloved member of the community. https:\/\/t.co\/Yx23el6wgc<\/a><\/p>\n — Ecological Society (@ESA_org) July 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nBiodiversity not a risk factor for emerging diseases and other new research from ESA journals<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
Ecological Society of America tipsheet for 30 March 2017<\/h4>\n
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Fire-scarred trees record 700 years of natural and cultural fire history in a northern forest<\/h3>\n
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