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, ...

As their natural environments dwindle and disappear, freshwater species are going extinct faster than terrestrial and marine ones. In the last 300 years, 87% of wetlands have been lost globally, with ...

Water touches virtually every aspect of human society, and all life on earth requires it. Yet, fresh, clean water is becoming increasingly scarce -- one in eight people on the planet lack access to ...

Drivers of freshwater salt pollution such as de-icers on roads and parking lots, water softeners, and wastewater and industrial discharges further threaten freshwater ecosystem health and human water ...

Current water quality guidelines aren't protecting freshwater ecosystems from increasing salt pollution due to road de-icing salts, agriculture fertilizers, and mining operations, according to an ...

Efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change have focused largely on the protection of tropical forests like the Amazon ...

Emmanuel O. Akindele works for Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and received funding from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for a research fellowship at the Leibniz Institute of ...

Freshwater inflows to Texas estuaries vary widely due to regional climate fluctuations and are being substantially altered by human activities. The natural abundance stable isotope ratios of carbon ...

Emmanuel O. Akindele does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

KODAK, Tenn. (WATE) — A new festival is coming to East Tennessee to celebrate one of the biggest supporters of river habitat health. Tennessee River Watershed Mussel Fest is set for May 17 from 10 a.m ...