What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of June 17, 2021

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Thu, 17 Jun 2021
World’s lakes losing oxygen as planet warms

Changes threaten biodiversity and drinking water quality

Oxygen levels in the world’s temperate freshwater lakes are declining rapidly — faster than in the oceans — a trend driven largely by climate change that threatens freshwater biodiversity and drinking water quality.

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Thu, 17 Jun 2021
Dinosaur-age fossils provide new insights into origin of flowering plants

Discovery of ancient plant fossils offers clues to the origin of flowering plants

Flowering plants, or angiosperms, dominate most terrestrial ecosystems and are a major food source for humans. However, their origin has been a mystery since the earliest days of evolutionary thought.

Angiosperm flowers are diverse and contain unique structures not

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