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ecosystems

Regreening the Planet Could Account for One-Third of Climate Mitigation

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Planting trees, restoring peatlands, and better land management could provide 37 percent of the greenhouse gas mitigation needed between now and 2030 to keep global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, according
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Forest fires on the rise as JRC study warns of danger to air quality

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The JRC’s annual forest fires report confirms a trend towards longer and more intense fire seasons in Europe and neighbouring regions, with wildfires now occurring throughout the year. The report coincides
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Rivers Carry Plastic Debris Into The Sea

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Every year, millions of tonnes of plastic debris ends up in the sea – a global environmental problem with unforeseeable ecological consequences. The path taken by plastic to reach the sea must be elu
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Fighting fires before they spark

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent With warm, dry summers comes a deadly caveat for the western United States: wildfires. Scientists say the hot, dry climates found west of the Mississippi, along with decades of fire suppression efforts, ar
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Tropical beetles face extinction threat

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Climate change is putting many tropical high altitude beetles at risk of extinction, warn an international team of scientists. Research by the University of York, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (
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DNA Tests on Albatross Poo Reveal Secret Diet of Top Predator

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A study that used DNA tests to analyse the scats of one of the world’s most numerous albatrosses has revealed surprising results about the top predator’s diet. DNA analysis of 1460 scats from breeding site
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Harvey runoff menaces Texas' coral reefs

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater from Hurricane Harvey have created a massive plume of freshwater in the Gulf of Mexico that is threatening the coral reefs of the Flower Garden Banks Nationa
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Warming Seas Could Lead to 70 Percent Increase in Hurricane-related Financial Loss

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent If oceans warm at a rate predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nation-sponsored group that assesses climate change research and issues periodic reports, expected financial
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Study suggests oysters offer hot spot for reducing nutrient pollution

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ACT-America Aims to Tell Four-Season Greenhouse Gas Story

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent NASA scientists are once again on the hunt for greenhouse gases in the sky. Researchers for the Atmospheric Carbon and Transport-America, or ACT-America, study returned to the field last week to measure ho
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