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A road winds through a mountain landscape covered in red mossy vegetation and shrubs.
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Native Plants Are Hiding Up High, but Invaders Are Catching Up

by Caroline Hasler 9 March 20239 March 2023

Far from pristine outposts of nature, mountains across the world are being rapidly colonized by non-native plants that spread uphill along roads.

A panoramic image of a tall waterfall in a verdant and lush tropical valley. The waterfall is along the left side of the valley, and trees with bright green, dark green, and yellow leaves fill the valley floor and cover the valley walls. A grayish sky with mist is above the valley.
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Maui Endures More Drought and Drier Streams

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 29 July 202229 July 2022

Drought continues to threaten Maui’s native land-based and marine ecosystems, water resources, and traditional ways of life. But conservationists have hope—and ways to fight back.

Floating water hyacinths with trapped plastics.
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Remote Sensing Tracks Down “Plastic Plants” in Rivers

by Clarissa Wright 28 June 2022

Researchers are using remote sensing to track floating mats of plastic trapped in water hyacinth plants.

People removing buffelgrass, an invasive grass, near cactus plants in Arizona
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Invasive Plants and Climate Change Will Alter Desert Landscapes

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 13 January 202213 January 2022

In experiments conducted in Biosphere 2, invasive buffelgrass weathers higher temperatures and drought conditions better than its native brethren.

A close-up photo of Parthenium hysterophorus, or famine weed, showing a deep green plant with frilly leaves and small white flowers
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Famine Weed Becomes More Toxic, Invasive in Carbon-Rich Atmosphere

by Fionna M. D. Samuels 22 September 202129 March 2023

A noxious weed’s success in Australia could indicate that some plants are benefitting from our carbon-rich atmosphere, becoming more invasive, competitive, and toxic.

Aerial photo of brown seaweed lining an entire stretch of a beach in Barbados
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Saint Lucia Works to Release Itself from Sargassum’s Stranglehold

by Sarah Peter 25 September 20204 January 2024

Nearly 10 years ago, Caribbean beaches experienced a sudden onslaught of Sargassum. Today residents continue to explore ways to mitigate the seaweed’s damage to local health and livelihoods.

Photo of a coypu on a river bank
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Invasive Species Drive Erosion in Aquatic Environments

by G. L. Harvey 18 September 201911 February 2022

The daily activities of mammals, reptiles, crustaceans, and fish influence the physical environment, with invasive burrowing species causing particular disruption in aquatic environments.

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Is Chicago Water Pollution Halting a Silver Carp Invasion?

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 September 201918 October 2021

Pollution is definitely not the solution to stopping invasive silver carp, researchers assert. But cleaner waters could affect the invasion front.

Researchers examine how the rapid spread of invasive freshwater mussels affects estuary sediments
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Invasive Freshwater Mussels Drive Changes in Estuary Sediments

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 24 July 20182 March 2023

The golden mussel has spread quickly in the 30 years since its arrival in South America and is transforming aquatic ecosystems in waterways across the continent.

Tobago 2015 Sargassum beaching
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Sargassum Watch Warns of Incoming Seaweed

by C. Hu, B. Murch, B. B. Barnes, M. Wang, J.-P. Maréchal, J. Franks, D. Johnson, B. Lapointe, D. S. Goodwin, J. M. Schell and A. N. S. Siuda 2 September 20164 January 2024

The Sargassum Watch System processes satellite data and feeds results to a Web portal, giving decision makers timely information on seaweed location and warnings for potential beaching events.

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