As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back to life – and posing new challenges
Lake Powell’s existential crisis is a unique opportunity to save a treasured landscape.
Feb. 6, 2023 • ~9 min
Lake Powell’s existential crisis is a unique opportunity to save a treasured landscape.
The ways eastern fence lizards have changed in response to red imported fire ants demonstrate how species can adapt to survive the presence of invasive predators.
Rats are disrupting the flow of nutrients towards the sea on many tropical islands – this has consequences for fish behaviour and the wider ecosystem.
Scientists have found more ‘alien species’ today in regions that were once key parts of European empires.
While official data is yet to be released, this year’s Mediterranean marine heatwave will likely have devastating ecological consequences.
Zebra and quagga mussels entered the Great Lakes in large ships’ ballast water. Now, local boaters and anglers are spreading them into the southern and western US.
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