We are polluting the Rockies’ clearest lakes without even touching them High in the Rockies, researchers are discovering that wind-borne pollution and rising heat are fueling unprecedented algal blooms

"Algae feed largely on nitrogen and phosphorus. They’re supposed to be scarce in high-elevation terrain"

www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #algae #chlorophyll #climatechange #colorado #cyanobacteria #earthseye #eutrophic #industrialization #lakes #mountainlakes #nitrogen #phosphorus

@ferroproject.bsky.social will award grants of up to €100,000 each to three associated regions to develop an action plan for applying FERRO restoration solutions to a selected natural lake ecosystem or its catchment.

See if your #eutrophic #lake qualifies: ferroproject.eu/open-call

Open call

4 weeks left to apply for the @ferroproject.bsky.social funding call to co-develop with the FERRO team a 2-year action plan for #nutrient recovery and reuse in your local (or not!) #eutrophic lake.
#circulareconomy
⛵Apply here by 30 November ferroproject.eu/open-call

New NIOO publication: #Water level drawdown induces a legacy effect on the seed bank and retains #sediment chemistry in a #eutrophic clay #wetland, by @KerstinBouma and others. #seedbank #legacyeffect #pioneervegetation
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172531