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  • Forest defoliator outbreaks alter nutrient cycling in northern waters

    Forest defoliator outbreaks alter nutrient cycling in northern waters

    Abstract Insect defoliators alter biogeochemical cycles from land into receiving waters by consuming terrestrial biomass and releasing biolabile frass. Here, we related insect outbreaks to water chemistry across 12 boreal lake catchments over 32-years. We report, on average, 27% lower dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and 112% higher dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) concentrations in lake waters…

  • What logging does to your water

    What logging does to your water

    There are a lot of issues with deforestation. However, for some nations around the world, logging jobs provide stable sources of income that might otherwise be unavailable. But now new research is taking a deeper look into the consequences of logging and asking, at what cost? The recent study, which was published in Environmental Research…

  • UN promotes nature-based solutions to growing water shortages

    UN promotes nature-based solutions to growing water shortages

    Photo Credit: Kelly Fike/USFWS The UN’s annual World Water Development Report 2018 has highlighted the need to use nature to combat the challenges of a growing population and climate change. In its detailed analysis, the report demonstrates that demand for water is increasing in developing countries, while simultaneously access is being put at risk by…

  • 3 [more?] Surprising Ways Water Depends on Healthy Forests

    3 [more?] Surprising Ways Water Depends on Healthy Forests

    Healthy forests are critical to providing clean water. Forests can positively impact the quantity, quality and filtration costs associated with a city’s water, sometimes even reducing the need for costly concrete and steel infrastructure. The world’s major watersheds lost 6 percent of their tree cover on average from 2000-2014. Today, about 31 percent of the…

  • 3 Surprising Ways Water Depends on Healthy Forests

    3 Surprising Ways Water Depends on Healthy Forests

    Deforestation in the Amazon can affect rainfall in places as far away as Texas. Photo by Katja Schulz/Flickr Healthy forests are critical to providing clean water. Forests can positively impact the quantity, quality and filtration costs associated with a city’s water, sometimes even reducing the need for costly concrete and steel infrastructure. The world’s major…