#Need for better approaches to tackle multiple stressors in European lakes and rivers

“#Need for better approaches to tackle multiple stressors in European lakes and rivers” Sampling related to MARS experiment in a mesocosm facility in Lake Stechlin, Germany. Credit: Anne Lyche Solheim/NIVA A newly released Nature paper highlights a continued management need for reduction of nutrient stress in lakes. It also shows that river management requires more…

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#A ‘pause button’ for light particles

“#A ‘pause button’ for light particles” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How do you stop something that is faster than anything else, intangible and always in motion by nature? A team led by physicists Dr. Thorsten Peters and Professor Thomas Halfmann is doing the seemingly impossible: stopping light for tiny fractions of a second. They then…

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#Carpet shell clams reveal high levels of pollution in several coastal lagoons in Tunisia

“#Carpet shell clams reveal high levels of pollution in several coastal lagoons in Tunisia” The researchers Carmen Michán and José Alhama working. Credit: University of Córdoba Transitional waters, those situated between land and the sea, such as lagoons and estuaries, are more exposed to human activity and these waters are slowly refreshed, meaning that their…

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#Martian rover motors ahead

“#Martian rover motors ahead” Mars Sample Return overview infographic. Credit: ESA–K. Oldenburg European engineers, together with Canada, are working on the technologies needed to find and retrieve samples from Mars, as part of ESA’s plans to send material from the Red Planet to Earth. The Sample Fetch Rover will need to navigate autonomously, detect tubes…

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