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Shreveport Times on MSNFrom plants to animals, these invasive species are in Louisiana. What problems do they pose?Louisiana has become home to numerous invasive species, some of them wreaking havoc on the state's environment. Here are the ...
Since 2015, we have provided watercraft inspection and decontamination services, aquatic plant surveys and management, and a ...
A weevil species has been released into the Crocodile River in Hartbeespoort to control the spread of the common salvinia, an invasive alien aquatic plant. Common salvinia, native to South America, ...
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Scientists hope hungry weevils from Louisiana can tackle South Africa's invasive water plantsThe plant is steadily taking over freshwater bodies in the northern region ... which has also long been battling with a water hyacinth invasion, another problematic species. “If you pull the hyacinth ...
Native freshwater turtles have declined by up to 91 per cent in parts of the River Murray, but Indigenous rangers and ...
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTo avoid a water crisis, Texas may bet big on desalination. Here’s how it works in El Paso.Desalination can create millions of gallons of fresh water a day. But it is expensive and there are many environmental ...
New Herbicide that Mimics Hormones Threatens Nontarget Aquatic Species and Biodiversity, Study Finds
It is a WSSA Group 4 herbicide, meaning that the mechanism of action is by mimicking the plant ... directly to freshwater aquatic bodies for emergent aquatic vegetation. Studying the effects in Nile ...
El Paso has one of the largest water desalination plants in the world. Its efforts will inform Texas’ efforts to use desalination to address its water shortage.
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Scientists bank on weevil beetle to save Southern Africa's freshwater from alien plant invasionSouth Africa is unleashing weevil beetles in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of salvinia minima, an alien species of aquatic, floating fern that grows on the surface of freshwater bodies.
Conservationists say the southern bog turtle and roughhead shiner deserve endangered status as nonnative species threaten the ...
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