News tagged with freshwater lake

Virus-eating virus identified in Antarctic lake

(PhysOrg.com) -- Deep within the waters of Antarctica's Organic Lake an Australian research team, led by microbiologist Ricardo Cavicchioli from the University of New South Wales, have discovered a new virophage, or virus ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 4 report

Great Lake's sinkholes host exotic ecosystems

Researchers are exploring extreme conditions for life in a place not known for extremes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake

After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years - a pristine body of water that may hold ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Scientists drill two miles down to ancient Lake Vostok

(PhysOrg.com) -- Russian scientists last week finished penetrating more than two miles through the Antarctic ice sheet to Lake Vostok, a huge freshwater lake that has been buried under the ice for millions ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers Reveal That Environmentally Devastating Zebra Mussels Can Be Controlled

Cloaked in a delicate brown and cream striped shell and measuring a mere inch in length, the zebra mussel certainly doesn’t look ominous. This tiny invasive species, however, has wreaked havoc in waterways ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

China's shrinking lakes

China's thriving economy, already large, has been growing at a rate faster than that observed in most developed countries. But there has been a price for this growth. The air in China's largest cities is among ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deadly fish virus now found in all Great Lakes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A deadly fish virus - viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus - first discovered in the Northeast in 2005, has been found for the first time in Lake Superior. The virus is now in all of the Great ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Arctic coasts on the retreat

The coastline in Arctic regions reacts to climate change with increased erosion and retreats by half a metre per year on average. This means substantial changes for Arctic ecosystems near the coast and the population living ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Quagga mussels are clogging Hoover Dam, colonizing lakes and rivers

It took some of America's best engineers, thousands of laborers and two years of around-the-clock concrete pouring to build the 726-foot-high Hoover Dam back in the 1930s. It took less time than that for the tiny, brainless ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Vietnam scrambles to save Hanoi's sacred turtle

(AP) -- Hundreds of people are working around the clock to clean up a lake in the heart of Vietnam's capital in hopes of saving a rare, ailing giant turtle that is considered sacred.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Research makes lake and stream conservation more effective

Michigan State University scientists have developed a pioneering, comprehensive approach that makes conserving and managing freshwater lakes, streams and wetlands more integrated and effective.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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