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ecosystems

Sanchi Oil Spill Contamination Could Take Three Months to Reach Mainland

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Water contaminated by the oil currently leaking into the ocean from the Sanchi tanker collision is likely to take at least three months to reach land, and if it does the Korean coast is the most likely loc
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Adaptation now: River flood risks increase around the globe under future warming

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Scientists have now calculated the required increase in flood protection until the 2040s worldwide, breaking it down to single regions and cities. They find that the need for adaptation is greatest in the
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Rising temperatures turning major sea turtle population female

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Sand temperatures determine the sex of turtle hatchlings, with warmer temperatures resulting in more females. During the past two decades, temperatures on islands in Australia’s northern Great Barrier Reef
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Blame it on the rain: Study ties phosphorus loading in lakes to extreme precipitation events

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent In the Midwest, the problem is largely due to phosphorus, a key element in fertilizers that is carried off the land and into the water, where it grows algae as easily as it grows corn and soybeans. Previou
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NASA Calculated Heavy Rainfall Leading to California Mudslides

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Winter rains falling on recently burned ground triggered deadly mudslides in Santa Barbara County, California on January 9. NASA calculated the amount of rain fall between January 8 and 10, 2018 and calcul
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Thinking outside the box on climate mitigation

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent In a new commentary in the journal Nature Climate Change, IIASA researchers argue that a broader range of scenarios is needed to support international policymakers in the target of limiting climate change
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Study suggests heavy rains from tropical cyclones distort the ground below

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, expanding and compressing in response to atmospheric and hydrologic forces from aboveground. Scientists have previously suggested that tropical cyclones could cause
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Study finds body size of marine plankton, currents keys to dispersal in ocean

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Results of the study are being published this week in Nature Communications. “Organisms are constantly looking for a niche in which they can survive and there are pros and cons to being small,” said James
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Hiding from a warmer climate in the forest

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent When studying the effect of climate change on biodiversity, it is important to consider the climate near the ground (microclimate) which a plant or an animal actually experiences. Deep shady depressions, d
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Study Shows Stressed Urban Insects are More Resilient in Extreme Weather

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A study led by Amy Savage, a Rutgers University–Camden assistant professor of biology, will help researchers understand how to make predictions and conservation decisions about how organisms living in citi
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