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Category: Ecology

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Pesticide exposure is harmful for queen bees

Posted on September 11, 2017October 24, 2022 by Mary Sabuda

Bees are important pollinators for plants not only in our home gardens, but in productive agricultural fields and natural environments…

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    Sunscreen: Hero for Humans, Villain for Marine Life?

    Posted on August 22, 2017October 24, 2022 by Mary Sabuda

    Have you ever spent extra time at the store trying to decide which sunscreen to purchase? We try to protect ourselves from the Sun’s…

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      4 High-Impact Lifestyle Changes That Help The Environment

      Posted on July 19, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

      Imagine a kitchen in a busy household — dirty dishes piled in the sink, leftovers cold on the counter, and utensils strewn about.…

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        New Study Elaborates on What Aquarium Owners Already Know

        Posted on June 21, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

        Researchers in Germany and Switzerland used next generation sequencing to study an active aquaponics system. They sampled a biofilm from the…

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          Is Organic Farming Really Better? It Depends.

          Posted on May 2, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

          Organic farming and conventional farming each have their own strengths and weaknesses that depend on application.

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            Flashlight Fish and their Glow-In-The-Dark Friends

            Posted on March 20, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

            Animals are unable to tell us why they do the things they do, and curious scientists often want to find out. They set up experiments to see…

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              Bacteria-Powered Battery Helps Remove Lake Pollution

              Posted on March 7, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

              Nitrogen pollution is a big problem in standing water such as lakes and ponds. The nitrogen comes from many sources, often agricultural…

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                Growing plants with colored light changes their nutrient content

                Posted on January 23, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

                Plants have five basic needs – food, water, air, light, and space. Outdoors, plants get everything they need from nature and some…

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                  Grow High-Tunnel Lettuce Year Round on Fish Waste

                  Posted on January 12, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

                  A group of agricultural researchers at West Virginia University wanted to find out if it was possible to grow lettuce year round using high…

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                    Can cold-loving bacteria help to clean up oil spills?

                    Posted on December 16, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    For several decades scientists have been interested in the ability of psychrophilic (cold- loving) microbial communities to degrade the…

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