Tag: nitrogen

August 8, 2018

Removing invasive island rats could help coral reefs

Invasive rats are notorious for their devastation of island ecosystems, but their damage might go deeper than scientists once believed. Biologists recently discovered that nonnative rats could impede the flow...

November 19, 2015

Beaver Dams Control Nitrogen Flow in Northeastern Rivers

Beavers may be providing watersheds a service by removing some of the agricultural nitrogen runoff in northeast rivers. “There’s a huge concern about the amount of nutrients of our lands...