From Duluth, Lake Superior is a colossal expanse of blue this week with no otherworldly ice shards smashed against the shore or colorful fish houses decorating stretches of white.
Environment
Feb 19, 2024
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Filipino scientists have developed a low-cost method of sterilizing ballast water to help prevent the risk of spreading potentially invasive species from port to port.
Ecology
Jun 12, 2023
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New research from University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists traces two tiny invasive species through their outsized effects on the water quality, algae blooms and toxic conditions in a Wisconsin lake.
Ecology
Mar 16, 2023
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Native marine macroalgae, also known as limu, or as seaweed, thrive in environments created by natural groundwater seeps, specifically benefiting from the combined effects of enhanced nutrients despite lowered salinity levels, ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2022
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Certain invasive, non-native species can disrupt lakes to the point of rapid ecosystem collapse, contaminating water for drinking, aquaculture and recreation, a new study has found.
Ecology
Oct 7, 2021
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In the bay of Vlora on central Albania's coast, crystal clear waters sparkle in the sun but under the surface, it is a desert.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2021
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An exceptionally large coral—a structure made up of small marine animals and calcium carbonate—discovered in the Great Barrier Reef is described in Scientific Reports this week. It is the widest and sixth tallest coral ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2021
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For the first time, scientists say they have seen a species of bright green algae growing in the waters off California—and they are hoping it's the last.
Ecology
Jul 8, 2021
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You'd think that losing 25 percent of your genes would be a big problem for survival. But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi.
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2019
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Researchers with the State of Hawai'i Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa found a management approach that combining manual removal ...
Environment
Aug 8, 2018
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