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ecosystems

Amazon's Recovery Limited by Climate Change

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Deforested areas of the Amazon Basin have a limited ability to recover because of recent changes in climate, a study shows. Limited growth in a drier climate has restricted the amount of carbon that new tr
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Pacific Island Countries Could Lose 50-80% of Fish in Local Waters Under Climate Change

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Many Pacific Island nations will lose 50 to 80 percent of marine species in their waters by the end of the 21st century if climate change continues unchecked, finds a new Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program s
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University of Oregon research maps major shifts in Colorado River history

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Geologists have long debated how and when the Colorado River made its first connection to the ocean. In a new study, a team led by the UO’s Becky Dorsey has helped pull the river’s story together. The rive
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Virginia Tech works to protect Africa's crops against invasive pests

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent As invasive and indigenous insect pests continue to wreak havoc on crops across Africa, a Virginia Tech-led project is intensifying its work to coordinate a response that looks beyond geographic and financ
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Low dose, constant drip: Pharmaceuticals & personal care products impact aquatic life

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Traditional toxicity testing underestimates the risk that pharmaceutical and personal care product pollution poses to freshwater ecosystems. Criteria that account for ecological disruption – not just organ
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Urgent action for planetary health: International Health Lecture

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent We need to pay more attention to the health of the planet to save lives, and improve global health, now and in the future, Dr Samuel Myers said at The 2017 Academy of Medical Sciences The Lancet Internatio
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Study Settles Prehistoric Puzzle, Finds Carbon Dioxide Link to Global Warming 22 Million Years Ago

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Fossil leaves from Africa have resolved a prehistoric climate puzzle — and also confirm the link between carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global warming. Research until now has produced a variety of re
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Pesticides May Cause Bumblebees to Lose Their Buzz, Study Finds

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Pesticides significantly reduce the number of pollen grains a bumblebee is able to collect, a new University of Stirling study has found. The research, conducted by a team in the Faculty of Natural Science
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Artificial sweeteners in groundwater indicate contamination from septic systems

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The presence of artificial sweeteners in rural groundwater shows evidence for contamination by local septic system wastewater, researchers from the University of Waterloo have found. The study, which appea
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Urban Trees are Growing Faster Worldwide

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Trees in metropolitan areas have been growing faster than trees in rural areas worldwide since the 1960s. This has been confirmed for the first time by a study on the impact of the urban heat island effect
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