Nora Richter joined the #Eawag Surface Waters Department as an Ambizione research group leader in 2024. With her Organic #Geochemistry group, she investigates how #lakeecosystems change over centuries and millennia – and what we can learn from this for the future.
‘Skyglow’ from light pollution causes more problems than we knew: Recent findings suggest that light pollution can affect lakes including producing toxic algae and altering carbon cycling.
#Skyglow #LightPollution #CyanobacteriaBloom #CarbonCycleDisruption #LakeEcosystems #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap
Geographical location of the lakes in Inner Mongolia.
#Phytoplankton play an irreplaceable role as producers in maintaining #LakeEcosystems. Yue Geng et al. present the results of a survey on the distribution of phytoplankton community and the effects of different #DrivingFactors in 11 lakes along #InnerMongolia in this study.
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Lake beds are rich environmental records — studying them reveals much about a place’s history
#Environment #ClimateChange #Freshwater #Sustainability
#LakeEcosystems #EnvironmentalHistory #CanadaLakes #WaterConservation #Phytoplankton #Lakes #LakesBed
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The Great Lakes hold 21% of the world's fresh surface water, forming Earth's largest freshwater lake group. #GreatLakes #FreshwaterFacts #Conservation #EnvironmentalAwareness #Sustainability #WaterQuality #InvasiveSpecies #NaturePreservation #EcoFacts #LakeEcosystems
