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08/09/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Biologists: Acid lakes are a new threat to our environment

The seas are not the only bodies of water that are turning more acidic due to air pollution. A new scientific paper warns that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is turning freshwater bodies into acidic lakes, an article in New Scientist states. Recently published in the scientific journal Current Biology, the paper investigated four water […]

06/04/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists discover a soil bacteria that commits “ecological suicide”

A joint team of American and German researchers recently discovered self-destructive behavior by soil bacteria that should serve as a cautionary tale for us humans. A Cosmos Magazine article stated that excessively large populations of these microbes often commit “ecological suicide,” where they accidentally wipe themselves out by polluting their surroundings. In their study, the […]

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