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Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Famously, the use of caged birds to alert miners to the invisible dangers of gases such as carbon monoxide gave rise to the cautionary metaphor “canary in a coal mine.” But other than the fact that exposur

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A study conceived by undergraduate Max Van Wyk de Vries has revealed that West Antarctica’s vast ice sheet conceals almost 100 newly discovered volcanoes. The largest of these is as tall as the Eiger in Sw

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent As global temperatures continue to rise, droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe in many regions during this century. A new study with NASA participation finds that land ecosystems took pr

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent All day long, for five straight months, Sheila Holmes slipped through the Madagascar rainforest, 16,000 kilometres away from her Calgary university classes, eyes and feet following black-and-white ruffed l

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The mercury found at very low concentrations in water is concentrated along the entire food chain, from algae via zooplankton to small fish and on to the largest fish — the ones we eat. Mercury causes seve

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Researchers at Newcastle University found that European sea bass experienced higher stress levels when exposed to the types of piling and drilling sounds made during the construction of offshore structures

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Drought-stricken areas anxiously await the arrival of rain. Full recovery of the ecosystem, however, can extend long past the first rain drops on thirsty ground. According to a study published August 10 in

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent When the Indian River Lagoon on Florida’s Atlantic coast became much saltier after 2011, Arnoldo Valle-Levinson began to investigate. The UF professor of civil and coastal engineering sciences in the Colle

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A new study by scientists at Portland State University and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder has found that the effects of climate change, which are appare

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The Great Lakes could be in hot water if the quality of the research and partnerships are not improved, warns a University of Windsor professor. “Fresh water is arguably the most important issue for the wo