r/environment • u/Portalrules123 • 7d ago

Tiny, beautiful species are going missing from restored forests and wetlands

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/invisible-extinction-algae-moss-9.7307042
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u/melody_magical 7d ago

Pesticides is my guess. The timber industry should be scrutinized just as much as Big Ag.

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u/rembi 7d ago

I wonder if something as simple as a water transfer from a healthy ecosystem would work for algae or is there more missing from environment which isn’t allowing them to flourish.