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Greenhouse gas ‘feedback loop’ discovered in freshwater lakes

04 May 2018

Latest research finds plant debris in lake sediment affects methane emissions. The flourishing reed beds created by changing climates could threaten...

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Left: a handful of Holopedium from a lake in the Muskoka-Haliburton region of Ontario. Right: a Holopedium up close

Calcium loss turning lakes to ‘jelly’

19 Nov 2014

Declining calcium levels in some North American lakes are causing major depletions of dominant plankton species, enabling the rapid rise of their...

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Isfjord, Ilulissat, Diskobay, West Greenland

Lakes discovered beneath Greenland Ice Sheet

28 Nov 2013

The subglacial lakes are the first to be identified in Greenland.

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