Freshwater ecosystems such as rivers, lakes and wetlands have crucial roles in global biogeochemical cycles and in supporting human wellbeing through a variety of ecosystem services. However, ...

Road de-icing salts accumulate in streams, wetlands and lakes. They can stay in ecosystems for years or decades.

Researchers have developed a model incorporating recreational freshwater ecosystem services like fishing and swimming into water allocation policies. The study shows that increasing demand for ...

In rural communities living near Brazil’s Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon River that flows northward through the ...

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 browning is stunting fish growth of some species, shrinking populations of others and changing the composition of ...

Analysing the diversity of organic compounds dissolved in freshwater provides a reliable measure of ecosystem health, say scientists. The source of pollutants in rivers and freshwater lakes can now be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Wildfires may be causing climate ...

RENO, Nev. — The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has curated a special journal issue to discuss climate change adaptability in California. Researchers from the University of ...

DRI, and the University of Wisconsin—Madison (UW-Madison) have developed the Nevada GDE Water Needs Explorer Tool. This new ...

Although salt keeps Wisconsin roads safe during winter, using more salt than needed comes at a price.