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ecosystems

California's 2017 Wildfire Season Continues to Break Records

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The Thomas Fire burning north of Los Angeles in Ventura County, California is now the state’s fifth-largest wildfire on record. Less than 15 percent contained and moving west quickly, the fire is being fue
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Forest resilience declines in face of wildfires, climate change

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The forests you see today are not what you will see in the future. That’s the overarching finding from a new study on the resilience of Rocky Mountain forests, led by Colorado State University. Researchers
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New Maps Show Shrinking Wilderness Being Ignored At Our Peril

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Maps of the world’s most important wilderness areas are now freely available online following a University of Queensland and Wildlife Conservation Society-led study published today. The authors have made t
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Southern Africa's Cheetah Population Much Smaller Than Believed

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Populations of cheetahs in southern Africa have declined as farming and other human activities push deeper into the free-roaming cats’ range, a new study co-led by Duke University doctoral student Varsha V
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Researchers Model Optimal Amount of Rainfall for Plants

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Researchers have determined what could be considered a “Goldilocks” climate for rainfall use by plants: not too wet and not too dry.  But those landscapes are likely to shrink and become less productive in
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Stopping the next wave of invasive species in Saskatchewan lakes

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Invasive species continue to be a critical threat to freshwater ecosystems in Saskatchewan and across North America. But the species that have yet to enter Saskatchewan waters might be of greatest concern.
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Already on Brink, Right Whales Are Pushed Closer to the Edge

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent North Atlantic right whales are one of the world’s most critically endangered large whales, but if you’re lucky, you can still see them: a mother nursing her newborn in the warm waters off the Georgia or F
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Decades-Past Logging Still Threatens Spotted Owls in National Forests

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Logging of the largest trees in the Sierra Nevada’s national forests ended in the early 1990s after agreements were struck to protect species’ habitat. But new research reported Dec. 6 in the journal Diver
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Satellite Tracking Provides Clues About South Atlantic Sea Turtles' 'Lost Years'

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A University of Central Florida biologist whose groundbreaking work tracking the movements of sea turtle yearlings in the North Atlantic Ocean attracted international attention has completed a similar stud
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Despite city tree benefits, Calif. urban canopy cover per capita lowest in U.S.

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Trees in California communities are working overtime. From removing carbon dioxide and pollutants from the air, intercepting rainfall and increasing property values, California’s 173.2 million city t
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