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Can Ponds Help Fight Climate Change?

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We’ve all heard about planting trees to combat climate change. But Mike Jeffries, an associate professor of ecology at Northumbria University in Newcastle, U.K., says ponds, even backyard ones, shouldn’t be overlooked. Reprinted with permission. Cover Photo: SOlitude Lake Management. Ponds are taken for granted. Perhaps it’s because most of ...

Can Ponds Help Fight Climate Change?

golf course pond
We’ve all heard about planting trees to combat climate change. But Mike Jeffries, an associate professor of ecology at Northumbria University in Newcastle, U.K., says ponds, even backyard ones, shouldn’t be overlooked. Reprinted with permission. Cover Photo: SOlitude Lake Management. Ponds are taken for granted. Perhaps it’s because most of ...