Invasive species that wreck crops, ravage forests, spread disease, and upend ecosystems are spreading ever faster across the globe, and humanity has not been able to stem the tide, a major scientific assessment said Monday.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for converting algae into renewable natural gas for use in pipelines and power generation has been transferred from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to the marketplace ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 6, 2009
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Do you buy plants online? You might be breaking the law without even knowing it.
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2023
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The broad leaves and delicate purple flowers floating on the Euphrates look breathtaking—but they are suffocating the waterways of Iraq, celebrated as the "land of the two rivers".
Ecology
Jun 22, 2020
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Traffic jams on the snarled up roads of Nigeria's megacity of Lagos are legendary, but a growing problem is also clogging up the waterways of Africa's biggest city—water hyacinths.
Environment
Jun 1, 2019
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With nets piled onto wooden boats, a group of fishermen joke while gazing out across Lake Victoria and the vast green weed clogging up the waterway. But their laughter has a worried edge as the sun sets.
Environment
Feb 8, 2019
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Pollutants in rivers and other water bodies are a serious problem for marine life as well as human health. However, removing them from the water can be a costly process, often requiring energy from fossil fuels, which adds ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2018
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Thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of a polluted lake on Monday in India's southern technology hub of Bangalore.
Ecology
Mar 7, 2016
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Much as human siblings can have vastly different personalities despite their similar resemblance and genetics, two closely related species of electric fish from the Amazon produce very different electric signals. These species, ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2013
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Under a crescent moon, a Baja California treefrog wades among rushes and water hyacinth in San Felipe Creek—a wetland along the western edge of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park that researchers fear could be rapidly shrinking ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2022
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