The Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer offers what experts call an unprecedented look at the world’s lakes, rivers and wetlands, ...

Freshwater salinization is rising due to pollution and ocean intrusion, threatening water supplies, agriculture, and ...

Ecosystems face a combination of stressors that can interact in complex ways, leading to either synergistic (amplifying) or ...

The researchers will immerse plastic films in freshwater samples (taken from a canal in Lowell) and expose them to ...

As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this brine isn’t just coming from the ocean: New research shows freshwater ...

Watersheds, which catch precipitation and channel it to streams and lakes, are highly vulnerable to pollution. Programs to protect freshwater habitats include planning, stewardship, education ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — A first-of-its-kind study has an alarming conclusion: a quarter of all freshwater fish species could go extinct because of pollution and climate change. Northern ...

The many species of zooplankton — which play a critical role in freshwater ecosystems — that live in lakes ... runoff from fertilizer creates toxic blue-green algae blooms, salt pollution also ...

The agreement we secured also requires the EPA to take additional actions to improve pollution monitoring and other permit-compliance requirements under the Clean Water Act to protect freshwater ...

Pure Michigan is not a guarantee, and if we fail to stand up for our lakes and natural resources today, we will pay a far greater price tomorrow.

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy industry, say researchers.