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The findings highlight the urgent need to address threats to prevent further species declines and losses and could help to inform future efforts to reduce the loss of freshwater biodiversity, the researchers said.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
The large-scale study, featuring input from hundreds of scientists, was the biggest assessment of freshwater animals to date.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going extinct, according to a new, global study that was published on Wednesday.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
The largest number of freshwater animals that are under threat are in Lake Titicaca in South America, Lake Victoria in Africa, Western Ghats in India and Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone, the study found.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
The large-scale study, featuring input from hundreds of scientists, was the biggest assessment of freshwater animals to date.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going extinct, according to a new, global study that was published on Wednesday.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
The largest number of freshwater animals that are under threat are in Lake Titicaca in South America, Lake Victoria in Africa, Western Ghats in India and Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone, the study found.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshwater
pure
Adjective
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Adeleye was outclassed from a pure boxing standpoint, but his heart was on display.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The shot was clean with a bold recovery, just like a pure Mickelson moment.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Freshwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshwater. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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