As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this ...

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

To save a coastal wetlands, county officials worry Florida Power & Light is jeopardizing the ongoing clean-up of a saltwater ...

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 ...

Typically, “dilution is the solution of pollution,” Kaushal says, referring to the fact that heavy rainfall or releasing fresh water from dams into ecosystems can decrease salinity.

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 ...

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.