In California, nearly 4,000 native plant and animal species depend on the state’s freshwater ecosystems. Trout, salmon and smelt run the rivers and carry nutrients to and from the oceans. Nutrients ...

In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, climate warming has led to an increase in the number and severity of destructive wildfires. Climate change projections indicate that environmental ...

This two-part blog post is adapted from a presentation held in December 2024. Presenters and authors: Sean Bertalot, student with Sarah Collins studying limnology and ecosystem ecology in Jackson Lake ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – With spring weather patterns come plenty of rainwater, but what if we were to reuse that excessive ...

Although most of Earth's water is in its oceans, the water humans consume and use for irrigation and in our households is freshwater. Freshwater in the form of surface water is found in lakes, ...

New research from Lake Taihu, China, sheds light on a critical but often overlooked aspect of aquatic ecosystems: how the ...

One of the world’s most invasive aquatic plants is now in DuPage County, much to the concern of researchers and state officials. But they said the discovery underscores how public education can keep ...

Without rubber tires, modern automobile-dependent forms of transportation would be impossible. The shock absorption and flexibility of tires are a vast improvement over the wood wagon wheels that ...

Nine images of invasive aquatic plants. Images and credits can be found here: https://www.michigan.gov/invasives/id-report/plants/aquatic (State of Michigan) There ...

A series of wildfire experiments conducted at UC San Diego carry implications for aquatic ecosystems in areas such as the Sierra Nevada mountains. In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, ...