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ecosystems

Polluted woods: leaves contaminate soil with hydrocarbon

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent In the Autumn leaves fall and apparently contaminate soil. It happens in the Italian woods where remediation is required by law for heavy hydrocarbon concentration greater than 50 milligrams per kilo. It w
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Research finds North Atlantic Oscillation synchronises tree reproduction across Europe

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Research by the University of Liverpool has found a strong correlation between the North Atlantic Oscillation and synchronised tree reproduction across Europe, supporting the idea that this phenomenon play
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More frequent fires reduce soil carbon and fertility, slowing the regrowth of plants

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Frequent burning over decades reduces the amount of carbon and nitrogen stored in soils of savanna grasslands and broadleaf forests, in part because reduced plant growth means less carbon being drawn out o
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Volcanic simulation teaches Earth Sciences students crisis management skills

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Imagine a scenario where a volcano is about to erupt and you are responsible for deciding what to do next. Who should be alerted and who needs to be evacuated? Where and when might lava start flowing? How
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Tourists Must Now Sign an Environmental Pledge to Enter Palau

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Visitors to the tiny island nation of Palau in the Pacific Ocean are now being required to sign a pledge that they will not damage the environment during their stay, The Guardian reports. It is the first s
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Complex, Old-Growth Forests May Protect Some Bird Species in a Warming Climate

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Old forests that contain large trees and a diversity of tree sizes and species may offer refuge to some types of birds facing threats in a warming climate, scientists have found. In a paper published today
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Reducing how much nitrogen enters a lake has little impact on algal blooms, find Canadian scientists

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Lakes suffering from harmful algal blooms may not respond to reduced, or even discontinued, artificial nitrogen loading. Many blue-green algae responsible for algal blooms can fix atmospheric nitrogen diss
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Warmer, wetter climate could mean stronger, more intense storms

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The assistant professor of atmospheric science works at the interface of weather and climate. She is lead author on a new paper in Climate Dynamics that details high-resolution climate simulations across t
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Scientists Discover Unexpected Side Effect to Cleaning Up Urban Air

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent An imbalance between the trends in two common air pollutants is unexpectedly triggering the creation of a class of airborne organic compounds not usually found in the atmosphere over urban areas of North A
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Vis­itor Pat­terns and Emer­ging Activ­it­ies in Na­tional Parks Re­vealed by So­cial Me­dia Posts

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Researchers from the Digital Geography at the University of Helsinki have been studying whether social media data could be used to understand visitor’s activities in national parks and most recent results
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