Fossilized Midges can Predict Climate Change: Study
...: "We have monitored the modern environment of the lake for the past eight years and this has shown us how to read the past climate record from the ancient mud in the lake. Isotope analysis helped us identify the episodes of climate change." He said that fossilised heads of non-biting midges can indicat...Water Hyacinth is Used for Health Improvements in Africa
...ganda, and Kenya, is the second largest freshwater lake in the world in surface area. It is located in ...sidered to be the cradle of human evolution. The lake itself is a natural laboratory of evolutionary biology because of its diverse cichlid fish populatio...Dozens More H5N1 Bird Flu Cases in Germany
...38 dead birds found on the shores of an artificial lake near the town of Kelbra had all tested positive. ... On Tuesday, a bird found on the other side of the lake at Kelbra in the state of Thueringen was confirmed to have had H5N1 bird flu. Cases have also been...Great Lakes Fish in Canada Heavily Polluted
...ded coho salmon, rainbow trout, walleye, pike, and lake trout. The trends in fish consumption advisories clear indicate that the lakes continue to be polluted to such an extent that human health is threatened, it said, calling for steps to significantly reduce pollution emissions in the Great Lakes basi...Chilean Lake Disappears, Thanks to Global Warming
...ntists have reported the disappearance of a whole lake in the south of the country. The lake, some 20,0...s of the southernmost region of Magallanes. The lake had simply disappeared,' said Juan Jose Romero, regional director of Chiles National Forest Servic...... meantime measures have been taken to seal off the lake in the Moselle department where the birds were found. France's only outbreak of H5N1 was early last year. On June 24 France stepped up surveillance after several cases of the H5N1 virus were discovered in Germany and the Czech Republic. In acco...