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Category: Ecology

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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, 2017June 24, 2025 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, 2017June 25, 2025 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, 2017June 25, 2025 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, 2017June 25, 2025 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, 2017June 25, 2025 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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                People power in Kenya greatly improves local fisheries

                Posted on November 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                Harnessing ‘people power’ to manage fisheries in the developing world has significantly benefited local communities and coral…

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                  Decline in Fish Stocks at Puget Sound Hurts Diving Birds

                  Posted on October 18, 2014June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  Birds that dive for fish while wintering in the Salish Sea, located between British Columbia and Washington, are more likely to be in…

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                    Climate change alters cast of winter birds

                    Posted on October 17, 2014June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                    Over the past two decades, the resident communities of birds that attend eastern North America’s backyard bird feeders in winter have…

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