Sentences with phrase «affect lake ecosystems»

«From 2015 - 2017, we completed more than 50 mesocosm experiments to understand how a range of human impacts affect lake ecosystems and overall water quality,» Relyea remarks.

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NEON will monitor how large - scale problems such as climate change, pollution and urban sprawl affect ecosystems as diverse as the Great Lakes and Hawaii.

Science also tells us things that are hard to hear and that we don't know how to fix: Climate change is melting glaciers, raising sea levels and, new research shows, even affecting the ecosystems in our beloved lakes.

We have already started a project aiming to study how lake ecosystems are affected by historical climate changes.

Samples of microorganisms collected in Lake Vostok are currently being studied, and Christner and Achberger are looking to understand the organisms, environment below the ice and how the lake runoff can affect diversity of the surrounding ecosysLake Vostok are currently being studied, and Christner and Achberger are looking to understand the organisms, environment below the ice and how the lake runoff can affect diversity of the surrounding ecosyslake runoff can affect diversity of the surrounding ecosystem.

They plan follow - up studies to better understand how lake and river ecosystems are affected, as the number of days they spend «on ice» continues to melt away.

Nasty pollutants pouring into the world's deepest and oldest lake from a pulp and paper mill are putting Russia's Lake Baikal — which holds one fifth of the world's fresh water — at risk of being dropped off the United Nations» World Heritage List.Ecologists say more than half of the ecosystem of the lake, which was awarded World Heritage Site status in 1996, is affected by the paper mlake from a pulp and paper mill are putting Russia's Lake Baikal — which holds one fifth of the world's fresh water — at risk of being dropped off the United Nations» World Heritage List.Ecologists say more than half of the ecosystem of the lake, which was awarded World Heritage Site status in 1996, is affected by the paper mLake Baikal — which holds one fifth of the world's fresh water — at risk of being dropped off the United Nations» World Heritage List.Ecologists say more than half of the ecosystem of the lake, which was awarded World Heritage Site status in 1996, is affected by the paper mlake, which was awarded World Heritage Site status in 1996, is affected by the paper mill.

The observed effects of cryosphere reduction include modification of river regimes due to enhanced glacial melt, snowmelt advance and enhanced winter base flow; formation of thermokarst terrain and disappearance of surface lakes in thawing permafrost; decrease in potential travel days of vehicles over frozen roads in the Arctic; enhanced potential for glacier hazards and slope instability due to mechanical weakening driven by ice and permafrost melting; regional ocean freshening; sea - level rise due to glacier and ice sheet shrinkage; biotic colonisation and faunal changes in deglaciated terrain; changes in freshwater and marine ecosystems affected by lake - ice and sea - ice reduction; changes in livelihoods; reduced tourism activities related to skiing, ice climbing and scenic activities in cryospheric areas affected by degradation; and increased ease of ship transportation in the Arctic.