News tagged with aquatic weed

Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana

A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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From fins to limbs

Tonight Cambridge vertebrate palaeontologist Professor Jenny Clack is the subject of BBC Four’s Beautiful Minds series. The programme looks at her contribution to our understanding of early tetrapods ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pesticides pollute European waterbodies more than previously thought

Pesticides are a bigger problem than had long been assumed. This is the conclusion of a study in which scientists analysed data on 500 organic substances in the basins of four major European rivers. It was ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Philippines to fight invading species

Like some bad science-fiction movie, Philippine fishermen are encountering strange alien creatures: tough, speckled fish with sharp spines that tear and rip their nets.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World phosphorous use crosses critical threshold

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recalculating the global use of phosphorous, a fertilizer linchpin of modern agriculture, a team of researchers warns that the world's stocks may soon be in short supply and that overuse in the industrialized ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 38 | with audio podcast

Utilizing algae's potential for a better tomorrow

Most people scorn algae as pond scum, but Lee Elliott embraces the slime, captures it, filters it, and analyzes it for its potential to grow like weeds and fuel the airplanes and automobiles of tomorrow.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Filtering kitchen wastewater for plants

Water is a precious commodity, so finding ways to re-use waste water, especially in arid regions is essential to sustainability. Researchers in India have now carried out a study of various waste water filtration systems ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find new invasive fresh water clam species in Lake George

(PhysOrg.com) -- The new species (Corbicula fluminea) was located in the Village of Lake George and poses a serious threat to native mussels and the Lake George ecosystem, according to Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, direct ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Aquatic invaders can topple plant and fish populations in Northeast

(PhysOrg.com) -- The introduction of species like "Frankenfish" or "Rock Snot" into Pennsylvania waters doesn't sound pretty, and it's not. These are just two of the more colorful nicknames for aquatic invaders, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Curly-leaf Pondweed found near Bozeman, Montana

(PhysOrg.com) -- In late June, curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus), one of Montana's Priority 1 noxious weeds, was found near Bozeman in several ponds along the East Gallatin River drainage system. Priority ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Commonly used atrazine herbicide adversely affects fish reproduction

Atrazine, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world, has been shown to affect reproduction of fish, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study.

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created May 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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