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ecosystems

Climate change: Self-enhancing effect cannot be explained by soil animals

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent When the soil warms up, it releases more carbon dioxide (CO2) – an effect that further fuels climate change. Until now, it had been assumed that the reason for this was mainly due to the presence of small
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Humidity May Prove Breaking Point for Some Areas as Temperatures Rise, Says Study

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Climate scientists say that killer heat waves will become increasingly prevalent in many regions as climate warms. However, most projections leave out a major factor that could worsen things: humidity, whi
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In Mussels Across the Globe, Evidence of the Spread of Plastic Pollution

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Scientists have discovered tiny bits of plastic in mussels in oceans across the globe, from supposedly pristine Arctic waters near Norway to the coasts of China, Chile, Canada, Britain, and Belgium, Reuter
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Origins of photosynthesis in plants dated to 1.25 billion years ago

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The world’s oldest algae fossils are a billion years old, according to a new analysis by earth scientists at McGill University. Based on this finding, the researchers also estimate that the basis for photo
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Algae Growth Reduces Reflectivity, Enhances Greenland Ice Sheet Melting

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent New research shows algae growing on the Greenland ice sheet, the Earth’s second-largest ice sheet, significantly reduce the surface reflectivity of the ice sheet’s bare ice area and contribute more to its
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Texas A&M Team Making Models To Predict Droughts

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent These vitally needed models run on input data, and two Texas AM University experts are working to improve the precipitation data fed into models, which will in turn help federal agencies such as the Nation
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Warming Seas Double Snowfall Around North America's Tallest Peaks

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent The research not only finds a dramatic increase in snowfall, it further explains connections in the global climate system by attributing the record accumulation to warmer waters thousands of miles away in
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Heat from below Pacific Ocean fuels Yellowstone, study finds

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Recent stories in the national media are magnifying fears of a catastrophic eruption of the Yellowstone volcanic area, but scientists remain uncertain about the likelihood of such an event. To better under
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Air pollution project harnesses the power of backyard science

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Right now, a handful of motivated Fort Collins citizens are doing something a little out of the ordinary. They’re collecting cutting-edge scientific data from their backyards that may soon help NASA create
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ASU scientists discover gut bacteria in bees spread antibiotic-resistant genes to each other

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent It’s the kind of thing you might lose sleep over. How will humans survive serious infections in the future if we’re running out of tools today to fight them? Antibiotic resistance among disease-causing bac
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