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ecosystems

NASA Satellite Highlights Burn Scars in British Columbia

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent This past summer Canada has been plagued with huge forest fires that have spanned most of the provinces.  British Columbia has been particularly hard hit with large portions of the landscape being decimate
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Some marine species more vulnerable to climate change than others

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Certain marine species will fare much worse than others as they become more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a new UBC study has found. After analyzing the biological characteristics of 1,074 m
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Large iceberg breaks off Pine Island Glacier

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Latest satellite images reveal a new 100-square-mile iceberg emerging from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. The calving event did not come as a complete surprise, but is a troubling sign with regards to f
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Asteroid that killed dinosaurs may have sped up bird evolution

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Human activities could trigger an altered pattern of evolution similar to what occurred 66 million years ago, when a giant asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, leaving birds as their only descendants.  Cornel
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Researchers discover new, abundant enzyme that helps bacteria infect animals

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Researchers have discovered a new class of enzymes in hundreds of bacterial species, including some that cause disease in humans and animals. The discovery provides new insights into how bacteria invade th
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Going diving in the tropics? Don't eat the reef fish!

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Reducing tourist consumption of reef fish is critical for Palau’s ocean sustainability, finds a new UBC study that suggests other small island nations might also consider adopting this strategy. Climate ch
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Warm Northwest waters draw spawning fish north

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The rapid northerly shifts in spawning may offer a preview of future conditions if ocean warming continues, according to the new study published in Global Change Biology by scientists from the Pacific Stat
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Warming Climate Could Increase Bacterial Impacts on Chesapeake Bay Shellfish, Recreation

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Researchers have found that three common species of Vibrio bacteria in Chesapeake Bay could increase with changing climate conditions by the end of this century, resulting in significant economic and healt
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UMN researchers find recipe for forest restoration

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The good news: Recognizing the incredible value of forests in providing habitat, storing carbon dioxide, purifying water and more, people around the world are working to restore forests destroyed in the pa
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When residents take charge of their rainforests, fewer trees die

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent When the government gives citizens a personal stake in forested land, trees don’t disappear as quickly and environmental harm slows down. A new study from The Ohio State University has found that policies
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