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Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Ocean acidification can be a daunting topic to cover in the classroom, but for Washington state’s coastal communities, the issue is often personal. Ocean acidification can be a daunting topic to cover in t

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Human antidepressants are building up in the brains of bass, walleye and several other fish common to the Great Lakes region, scientists say. In a new study, researchers detected high concentrations of the

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A University of Alberta forestry professor has cracked a key mystery surrounding the mountain pine beetle. After studying lodgepole pine trees in the Grande Prairie area that survived a pine beetle attack,

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent When the Fukushima power plant released large quantities of radioactive materials into nearby coastal waters following Japan’s massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami, it raised concerns as to whether eating c

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Although Midwestern soybean growers have yet to experience the brunt of soybean rust, growers in the southern United States are very familiar with the disease. Every year, the fungus slowly moves northward

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent In the coming decades, warming ocean temperatures could stunt the growth of fish by as much as 30 percent, according to a new study in the journal Global Change Biology. The main driver behind this decline

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Two species of songbirds that once made a home in the Bahamas likely became extinct on the islands because of rising sea levels and a warmer, wetter climate, according to a new study by researchers at the

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Water levels in the Caspian Sea dropped nearly 7 centimeters (3 inches) per year from 1996 to 2015, or nearly 1.5 meters (5 feet) total, according to the new study. The current Caspian Sea level is only ab

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A study published Aug. 28, 2017, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesadds a new dimension to the controversial decision to inject large amounts of chemical dispersants immediately above t

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Over the next few decades, global warming-related rises in winter temperatures could significantly extend the range of the southern pine beetle—one of the world’s most aggressive tree-killing insects—throu