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Scientific Reports - First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA

<p>Help us get a snapshot of water quality across the whole River Brent Catchment as part of London Rivers Week.</p><p><br></p><p>Join a team of Citizen Scientists to gather water quality samples at n...

Psychopharmaceuticals are an emerging group of hazardous contaminants that pose a risk to the aquatic environment. Yet, modern wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) do not remove them sufficiently to all...

Earth's lakes are experiencing an alarming drop in oxygen levels, new research shows.

Hundreds of thousands of arthropod species use silk to capture prey, build protective structures, or anchor eggs. While most silk-producers are terrestrial, caddisflies construct silken capture nets a...