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ecosystems

WHOI Led Research Team Receives Funding to Develop Ocean Temperature Forecast System

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) was awarded a competive federal grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a forecast system that will predict seasonal
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'Wing Prints' May Identify Individual Bats as Effectively as Fingerprints Identify People

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Research by a USDA Forest Service scientist and her partners may solve a longtime problem in bat research by demonstrating that bats’ wings are as reliable a method of identifying individual bats as finger
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The fungus among us

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent “The current methods of restoring these sites are not as cost efficient or energy efficient as they could be, and can cause more environmental disruption,” said Susan Kaminskyj, a professor in the Departme
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Climate Change Could Decrease Sun's Ability to Disinfect Lakes, Coastal Waters

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent One of the largely unanticipated impacts of a changing climate may be a decline in sunlight’s ability to disinfect lakes, rivers, and coastal waters, possibly leading to an increase in waterborne pat
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Marine Species Threatened by Deep-Sea Mining

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Less than half of our planet’s surface is covered by land. The rest is water, and this environment is home to an enormous range of animal species, most of which remain undiscovered and thus have not yet be
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Saline Lakes in Dire Situation Worldwide, Including Utah's Great Salt Lake

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Lakes like Utah’s Great Salt Lake, Asia’s Aral Sea, the Dead Sea in Jordan and Israel, China’s huge Lop Nur and Bolivia’s Lake Popo are just a few that are in peril say Utah University researchers. These l
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Canada geese give hunters the slip by hiding out in Chicago

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent University of Illinois ornithologist Mike Ward says he and a team of researchers conducted a recent study to try to find out why there were so many Canada geese in Chicago in the winter. “We thought the ge
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Sea Level Rise Could Flood 1.9 Million U.S. Homes by 2100

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent An estimated 1.9 million U.S. homes could be flooded by 2100 if seas rise 6 feet in response to climate change, according to a new analysis by the real estate company Zillow. The affected properties are va
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Exposure to Glyphosate, Chemical Found in Weed Killers, Increased Over 23 Years

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has increased
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A fresh look at fresh water: Researchers create a 50,000-lake database

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Countless numbers of vacationers spent this summer enjoying lakes for swimming, fishing and boating. But are they loving these lakes to death? The water quality of the nation’s lakes is threatened no
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