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

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

While cameras, robots and sensors have long been used to inspect out-of-reach areas, the data retrieved on water quality or ...

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

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

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

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

A research group led by Prof. DANG Fei from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in ...

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 ...

Saturday is World Water Day, and it was established to recognize the importance of fresh water across the world and to advocate for sustainable management.

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.

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.