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ecosystems

Climate change predicted to reduce size, stature of dominant Midwest plant, collaborative study finds

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The economically important big bluestem grass — a dominant prairie grass and a major forage grass for cattle — is predicted to reduce its growth and stature by up to 60 percent percent in the next 75 years
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30-day countdown to JPSS-1 launch

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The Joint Polar Satellite System-1, the first in a new series of highly advanced NOAA polar-orbiting satellites, is scheduled to lift off Nov. 10, at 1:47 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Californi
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The Perfect STORM

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The Colorado River tumbles through varied landscapes, draining watersheds from seven western states. This 1,450-mile-long system is a critical water supply for agriculture, industry and municipalities from
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Scientists to visit hidden Antarctic ecosystem after giant iceberg calving

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A team of scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is planning an urgent mission to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up to 120,000 y
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Researchers explore ways to remove antibiotics polluting lakes and rivers

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, are an increasingly common pollutant in water systems, said Catherine Hui Niu, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Un
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Lakehead University and IISD Experimental Lakes Area team up to safeguard Canada's fresh water

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Officials from Lakehead University and the International Institute for Sustainable Development Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding to foster collaboration
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Establishing interdisciplinary approaches to agriculture and fundamental biological processes

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent From optimizing food production to feed a growing population to discovering the fundamental behaviors and processes of biopolymers, faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) ar
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Tracking the Viral Parasites of Giant Viruses over Time

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent In freshwater lakes, microbes regulate the flow of carbon and determine if the bodies of water serve as carbon sinks or carbon sources. Algae and cyanobacteria in particular can trap and use carbon, but th
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Climate change may accelerate infectious disease outbreaks

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Aside from inflicting devastating natural disasters on often vulnerable communities, climate change can also spur outbreaks of infectious diseases like Zika , malaria and dengue fever, according to a new s
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Giant Bacteria Make Algae Easy to Stomach

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Red Sea surgeonfish use metabolically diverse giant bacteria to digest different types of algae, according to new research. Not only do these findings explain the basis of surgeonfish diversity, but they m
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