A new review reveals that tire wear particles are a major source of toxic microplastics polluting rivers, lakes, and ...

A new IAEA coordinated research project (CRP) will investigate the impact of nutrient pollution from land-based sources on coastal eutrophication and the formation of harmful algal blooms.

In a determined effort to restore the fragile ecosystem of the Ennore estuary, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department has dug a doz ...

The Indonesian Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry along with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Inland ...

A detailed extinction assessment of more than 23,000 species of freshwater fauna by the International Union for Conservation of Nature identified major threats from pollution, dams, agriculture ...

A map produced by Miami-Dade County shows the boundaries of the Model Lands, a freshwater wetland basin, and 40 culverts installed by FPL to deliver freshwater to a coastal wetlands mitigation bank.

The discovery adds to the growing list of unique species found in the biodiverse waters of Assam and northeastern India, ...

With the world facing a worsening water crisis, a huge public survey found that water pollution is the number one environmental issue for people globally, topping even climate change, and that there ...

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes, and other freshwater habitats face extinction, according to a new study published Wednesday in Nature.. Researchers found that 24 percent of ...

Freshwater habitats -- including rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, bogs and wetlands -- cover less than 1% of the planet's surface, but support 10% of its animal species, said Catherine Sayer, a ...

The river supplies about 60 percent of drinking water to Philadelphia’s 1.5 million people, but saltwater intrusion and pollution is threatening this crucial resource.