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Lake heatwaves are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting, and more intense than atmospheric heatwaves. A study found lakes retain heat longer, increasing thermal stress on aquatic organisms and raising risks for freshwater biodiversity.

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To create Paintsville Lake reservoir in Eastern Kentucky, swaths of forest were submerged.

The woody structures provided an ideal habitat for what soon became prized trophy fish, but this habitat has deteriorated.

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Zebra mussels are a common invasive species, but struggled to spread past the Great Plains. A 2025 study used a habitat suitability index and network analysis to estimate future mussel spread westward through Texas.

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Decades of development straightened Washington's East Fork Lewis River, causing erosion and degrading salmon habitat.

Now, a $23.5 million project aims to reconnect and restore the river to its former self.

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/SaBMRDjJO4

PC: The Estuary Partnership

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Freshwater organisms use rocky reefs to lay eggs and hide from predators. Decades ago, in Saginaw Bay, this natural habitat was smothered in sediment. Now, a collaborative effort is restoring reefs to the crucial fishery.

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#Saginaw #Walleye

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In California, coastal redwoods tower over streams crucial for salmon spawning. A recent habitat improvement project has changed one of these streams. Scientists are monitoring to ensure it remains suitable for the keystone species.

Learn more➡️ https://t.co/7hAbcQfNij

PC: PWA

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In 2018, Hurricane Michael decimated the Chipola River–the only river in Florida with a reproducing population of shoal bass. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission raced to save this unique species.

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/FaDTBqEOSW

PC: Florida FWC

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One of the most biodiverse rivers in the entire Midwest flows through central Ohio. The Nature Conservancy recently finished a multi-year restoration project to improve water quality at the Darby's headwaters.

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PC: TNC Ohio

#Biodiversity

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Oysters have been consumed in Ireland for over 4,000 years, but were wiped out during the Industrial Revolution. 🦪

Now, over 200 years later, they are being reintroduced to their historic home.

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/7bUJQnJOD1

PC: David Lawlor

#DublinBay #Oyster

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For decades, there was a gaping hole in Chile's protected lands.

That was recently changed with the purchase of Fundo Puchegüín, a 328,000-acre swath of wilderness in the heart of northern Patagonia's Cochamó Valley.

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For over a decade, the Great Lakes Center has operated a data buoy in Lake Erie’s eastern basin. Popular with anglers and boaters, it will soon be joined by a sibling–another buoy deployed near the city of Buffalo.

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PC: Brian Haas

#LakeErie

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Alligator gar are apex predators in Texas rivers. But their position at the top of the food chain renders them susceptible to harmful biomagnification.

What does this mean for the popular sport fish? Read more➡️ https://t.co/InlGmOdOxD

PC: Adapted from Zach Moran

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As a high schooler, Nicole Corbett noticed changes occurring along the coastline of her hometown, Popponesset. She now aims to understand these problems by monitoring water quality and more along the Nantucket Sound coast.

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PC: PWSA

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The Mussel Watch Program is “the longest running continuous chemical contaminant monitoring program” in US waters. It will celebrate four decades of monitoring. But how has it reached this significant milestone? 🦪

Learn more➡️ https://t.co/gj7dpJMbn0

PC: PWSSC

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The hummocked landscape of Iowa’s northwest is a looking glass to its glacial past, and the Iowa Great Lakes are no exception. They provide an excellent classroom for the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.

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PC: Matt Fairchild

#IowaGreatLakes

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When Nicole Corbett was stung by a moon jellyfish, which is supposedly stingless, she was dumbfounded. Now, she's leading a non-profit taking genetic samples from what may be a new species of jellyfish.

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/0foMWSqk69

PC: Alexander Vasenin

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When most people hear fisheries management, they may think of the preservation and conservation of endangered species, but this isn’t always the case.

Take, for example, the Florida Bass.

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How does Florida protect one of its newest marine protected areas?

Through monitoring one of the most important saltwater ecosystems: seagrass meadows.

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Photo Credit: Adapted from Morgan Edwards

#Seagrass #Florida #NatureCoast #MPA

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Lake Ontario supports six salmonid species, which are important to the local economy. Now, a collaborative research project is using acoustic telemetry to track these species and fill in knowledge gaps.

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/PB4bz8Ceez

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