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Mayfly populations falling fast in North America
"Mayfly populations falling fast in North America: A team of researchers from the University of Oklahoma, Virginia Tech and the University of Notre Dame has found that populations of mayflies in parts of North America have fallen dramatically in recent years. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes using weather radar data to calculate mayfly populations and what they learned about them. ...
The researchers suggest that the population declines were likely due to deteriorating water quality. They note that water temperatures in the Great Lakes have been rising due to global warming, algae blooms have been spreading due to fertilizer runoff from farms, and there has been an increase in pesticides, particularly neonicotinoids, making their way into the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River."
The more closely we look at nature the more we realise the effects of human behaviour.
Source: phys.org
populations mayfly america north due lakes falling fast
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