Scientists removed just 20–40% of fish from a degraded Chinese lake; underwater plants and water clarity began recovering
- Representative Image of a pristine highland lake transitioning from murky water to clear, with submerged plants thriving (AI Generated Image)Caohai Lake, a highland lake in southwest China, began losing its underwater vegetation after 2016.
- By 2019, submerged plants covered less than 10 per cent of the lake, down from around 70 per cent just a few years earlier.
- The change was part of a wider deterioration in the lake, with murkier water and more phytoplankton taking the place of the clear, plant-filled conditions.
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- Representative Image of a pristine highland lake transitioning from murky water to clear, with submerged plants thriving (AI Generated Image)Caohai Lake, a highland lake in southwest China, began losing its underwater vegetation after 2016.
- By 2019, submerged plants covered less than 10 per cent of the lake, down from around 70 per cent just a few years earlier.
- The change was part of a wider deterioration in the lake, with murkier water and more phytoplankton taking the place of the clear, plant-filled conditions.
Sources: Times of India