‘Blackwater’ lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are now emitting ancient carbon into the atmosphere
Blackwater lakes and rivers in the main Congo Basin are launching carbon that depends on 3,500 years of ages. (Image credit: Matti Barthel/ ETH Zurich) Blackwater lakes and rivers in…
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Australia’s pink lakes: The remnants of ancient rivers now teeming with microbes that make rosy pigments
Lake Hillier is among Australia’s best-known pink lakes. (Image credit: Philip Thurston/Getty Images) FAST FACTS Call: Lake Hillier, Pink Lake and others Area: Western Australia Collaborates: -34.09487137998776, 123.20277096721424 Why it’s…
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Large Lakes Supplied Essential Element during Origins of Life, Study Suggests
The origin of life in the world needed a supply of phosphorus for the synthesis of universal biomolecules. Closed lakes might have collected high concentrations of this aspect on early…
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Swimming in Lakes with Still Water Can Lead to Legionella Infection, Researchers Say
Legionella is an irregular reason for community-acquired pneumonia that frequently provides with a prodrome of fever, despair, tiredness, and periodically diarrhea before breathing signs. This electron micrograph portrays an amoeba,…
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