Freshwater ecosystems can be substantial sources of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, but it can be difficult to figure out how unique aquatic habitat arrangements and connections influence carbon cycling at different scales.
Ecology
Mar 29, 2022
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Small particles from tires inhibited the growth and caused adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater and coastal estuary ecosystems, two new Oregon State University studies found.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2022
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Current water quality guidelines aren't protecting freshwater ecosystems from increasing salt pollution due to road de-icing salts, agriculture fertilizers, and mining operations, according to an international study that ...
Ecology
Feb 21, 2022
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The increasing salinity in freshwater habitats—rivers, lakes, wetlands, etc.— is a global threat to the conservation of biodiversity and the natural habitats of the world. Human activities such as mining and intensive ...
Ecology
Jan 26, 2022
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A series of recent research papers from a McGill-led team has found that the herbicide glyphosate—commonly sold under the label Roundup—can alter the structure of natural freshwater bacterial and zooplankton communities. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2021
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A new study shows that the current rate of biodiversity decline in freshwater ecosystems outcompetes that at the end-Cretaceous extinction that killed the dinosaurs: damage now being done in decades to centuries may take ...
Evolution
May 21, 2021
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Freshwater ecosystems are a priority for environmental scientists because they affect the health of animals and plants on land too—as well as people. They provide food, water, transport and flood control. Freshwater ecosystems ...
Environment
Oct 14, 2020
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The year 2020 marks the end of the "UN Decade of Biodiversity." However, the UN report published in September shows that none of the 20 Aichi-Biodiversity Targets that where agreed on in 2010 has been achieved in the last ...
Ecology
Oct 13, 2020
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A new study by an international team of environmental scientists in the Brazilian Amazon shows that redesigned conservation projects could deliver big gains for critical freshwater ecosystems—raising hopes for the futures ...
Ecology
Oct 1, 2020
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The active ingredients found in sunscreen have detrimental effects on freshwater ecosystems, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists.
Ecology
Sep 2, 2020
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