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flag Quagga mussels, invasive since 2016, have damaged Lake Geneva’s infrastructure and ecosystem, prompting a 2027 project to install a closed-loop cooling system.

flag Quagga mussels, an invasive species from the Black Sea, have infested Lake Geneva since 2016, clogging cooling systems at EPFL and disrupting vital infrastructure, including research facilities and airport operations. flag Their rapid spread has altered the lake’s ecosystem, displacing native species and creating dense mussel beds. flag Despite no effective eradication method, a five-year project to build a closed-loop cooling system begins in 2027. flag The mussels, already damaging the Great Lakes and now found in Northern Ireland, pose a growing global threat to freshwater systems and infrastructure.

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