A study by the Waterkeeper Alliance documented elevated PFAS concentrations downstream of wastewater treatment facilities and ...

Thriving microbe communities living in the most-polluted spots in the US offer insight into how to clean up the mess of ...

A long-awaited scientific report commissioned by Polk County says farm pollution threatens the ability to drink clean water.

Banner image: A coral reef around Nukuoro Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia, where microbial-based monitoring is undertaken to assess reef health. Image courtesy of Alyson Santoro/WHOI.

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57161-6 Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens global warming.

Membrane fouling remains a persistent challenge in reverse osmosis (RO) systems. Devising effective strategies to mitigate membrane fouling has become crucial for sustainable water treatment. Here, we ...

These changes in microbial dynamics also impact the overall health of freshwater ecosystems. The effects of skyglow on freshwater ecosystems were largely unknown until recently. However, we have now ...

Granular information is essential for applying analytics to water pollution, says Orianna Bretschger, whose US-based start-up Aquacycl uses microbial tech to cut the cost and carbon footprint of ...

In so doing, the dams slow and diffuse a notorious microbial pollutant, Escherichia coli bacteria, which is associated with illness. A co-author of the study, professor Nigel Willby, said in the news ...

They discovered that the dams and ponds can trap and delay diffuse pollution created by soil erosion and livestock waste, reducing pollutant peaks by 95%. Analysis of samples show that there was a ...