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ecosystems

Taking the Long View: The 'Forever Legacy' of Climate Change

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A century or two from now, people may look back at our current era — with its record-breaking high temperatures year after year, rapid disappearance of Arctic sea ice, and gradually rising sea levels — as
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Young birds suffer in the city

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent City life is tough for young birds. But if they survive their first year, they are less susceptible to the effects of stress, according to research from Lund University in Sweden. Life in a city constitute
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Heat stress escalates in cities under global warming

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The study’s authors used computer models to simulate with unprecedented detail the temperature changes through the mid-21st century in Belgian cities. They found that heatwaves become hotter, longer and mo
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Fishing in the Arctic

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent As the Arctic warms twice as fast as the rest of the planet, the range and distribution of at least some fish stocks found in places like the Bering Sea will likely extend northward. That could bring some
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10 greatest sightings, so far, from NOAA's exploration of the deepwater Pacific

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Today, the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is embarking on the last leg of NOAA’s three-year mission to explore the deep Pacific Ocean when it heads to the Musicians Seamounts and the Hawaiian Islands. Starting
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Biodiversity Proves Its Real-World Value

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Hundreds of experiments have shown biodiversity fosters healthier, more productive ecosystems. But many experts doubted whether these experiments would hold up in the real world. A Smithsonian and Universi
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Unprecedented levels of nitrogen could pose risks to Earth's environment

According to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University and Duke University, human production of this nitrogen is now five times higher than it was 60 years ago. This increase could pose as much of a danger to Earth’s environment as the rapid increase in climate-war
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Hidden Inca Treasure: Remarkable New Tree Genus Discovered in the Andes

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Hidden in plain sight – that’s how researchers describe their discovery of a new genus of large forest tree commonly found, yet previously scientifically unknown, in the tropical Andes. Researchers from th
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Increasing Effective Decision-Making for Coastal Marine Ecosystems

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Marine restoration, rather than protection, might be the most cost-effective solution for coastal marine ecosystems suffering from human activities, a new study has found. The University of Queensland and
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Monarch butterflies disappearing from western North America

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Monarch butterfly populations from western North America have declined far more dramatically than was previously known and face a greater risk of extinction than eastern monarchs, according to a new study
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