According to a new UN report, invasive species do more than US$423 billion in damage worldwide every year. Four articles explore examples, from mollusks to poisonous fish.
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Ballast water release from ocean vessels has been a major source of invasive species in the Great Lakes for over 60 years.
Zebra and quagga mussels entered the Great Lakes in large ships’ ballast water. Now, local boaters and anglers are spreading them into the southern and western US.
Marine shipping generates about three per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and port activities can add to local pollution. Ports are now taking action to reduce their environmental impacts.
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Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Graduate, Dalhousie University
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Associate professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Department of Biology & Bieler School of Environment, McGill University, McGill University
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Professor of Biology, University of Dayton
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PhD candidate in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Boise State University
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Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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Senior Research Fellow in Aquatic Ecology, Charles Darwin University
