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ecosystems

Wildfires Continue to Beleaguer Western Canada

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Like tourist season, wildfire season is also in full swing in British Columbia.  Whereas tourists are welcomed to the Canadian province, wildfires are not.  In British Columbia alone there are close to 500
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Impact of giant Antarctic iceberg – update on Larsen-C

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula lost 10% of its area when an iceberg four times the size of London broke free earlier this month. Since the 12 July 2017 breakaway Dr Anna Hogg, f
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Study finds nearly one bird per day dies in collision with campus buildings during migration season

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Even though he grew up in an urban area surrounded by buildings, it wasn’t until Omar Yossofzai took part in a study on migratory birds that he realized how many birds die daily after crashing into b
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How A Surge in Visitors Is Overwhelming America's National Parks

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Zion National Park in southwestern Utah is the poster child for the crowding of America’s most hallowed natural places. With its soaring and magisterial red, dun, and white rock cliffs with grand names suc
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'Invasive' species have been around much longer than believed

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Palaeoscience funded researchers based in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies and in the Evolutionary Studies Institute of the University of
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Projected Precipitation Increases Are Bad News for Water Quality

If climate change is not curbed, increased precipitation could substantially overload U.S. waterways with excess nitrogen, according to a new study from Carnegie’s Eva Sinha and Anna Michalak and Princeton University’s Venkatramani Balaji published by Science. Excess nutrient pollutio
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Circles in the sand reveal boating damage to marine biodiversity

The findings of a study by Swansea and Cardiff University scientists highlights the need for boating activities along the UKs beautiful coastlines to be conducted in a more environmentally friendly manner. Seagrass meadows are an important marine habitat in support of our fisheries an
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Three species of tiny frogs discovered in Peruvian Andes

A University of Michigan ecologist and his colleagues have discovered three more frog species in the Peruvian Andes, raising to five the total number of new frog species the group has found in a remote protected forest since 2012. The three newly found species live in the mountain for
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The World Lost a Nebraska-Sized Chunk of Forest in 2015

The world lost nearly 49 million acres of forest in 2015 to logging, wildfires, palm oil plantations, and other development activity, according to new data by the conservation group Global Forest Watch. That is equal to an area roughly the size of Nebraska, Climate Central reported. 
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On International Day, UN spotlights threatened coastal mangrove ecosystems

Coastal mangroves are among the most imperiled ecosystems on earth, with current estimates indicating that up to 67 per cent have been lost to date – according to the United Nations science wing. “The stakes are high, because mangrove ecosystems provide benefits and services that are
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