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ecosystems

Scientists Discover 18 New Spider-Hunting Pelican Spiders in Madagascar

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent In 1854, a curious-looking spider was found preserved in 50 million-year-old amber. With an elongated neck-like structure and long mouthparts that protruded from the “head” like an angled beak, the arachni
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When pests graze certain potatoes, yields double

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent When some Colombian potato varieties are lightly grazed by a pest, the plants respond by growing larger tubers, at times doubling their yields. Although many types of plants can repair pest damage while ma
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Weather anomalies accelerate the melting of sea ice

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent In the winter of 2015/16, something happened that had never before been seen on this scale: at the end of December, temperatures rose above zero degrees Celsius for several days in parts of the Arctic. Tem
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Jet Stream Changes Since 1960s Linked to More Extreme Weather

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Increased fluctuations in the path of the North Atlantic jet stream since the 1960s coincide with more extreme weather events in Europe such as heat waves, droughts, wildfires and flooding, reports a Unive
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Robots aid better understanding of phytoplankton blooms

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Phytoplankton blooms are one of the most important factors contributing to the efficiency of the carbon pump in the North Atlantic Ocean. To better understand this phenomenon, the ERC remOcean1 project, le
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Europe's lost forests – study shows coverage has halved over six millennia

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Using pollen analysis from more than 1,000 sites, scientists showed that more than two thirds of central and northern Europe would once have been covered by trees. Today, that is down to around a third, al
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Species identification in the water bottle

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Environmental DNA analysis makes it possible to detect water organisms without having to capture them first. For the first time, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) systematically investigat
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The Negative Impact of Climate Change on Freshwater Bodies

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A lot of research is being conducted into the acidification of the world’s oceans. A recent study has proved that freshwater bodies are likewise affected. Rising carbon dioxide levels could upset the balan
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New Study From the University of Halle: How Climate Change Alters Plant Growth

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent Global warming affects more than just plant biodiversity – it even alters the way plants grow. A team of researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) joined forces with the Leibniz
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Lanternfish reveal how ocean warming impacts the twilight zone

Lakes Environmental Lakes Environmental Research Inc., Receives Landmark Patent A new study from the British Antarctic Survey shows how lanternfish, small bioluminescent fish, are likely to respond to the warming of the Southern Ocean. Lanternfish are one of the most abundant groups o
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