The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says that in Wisconsin and much of the U.S., chlorides from salt are ...

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

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

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, ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

New research has found that roughly half of Australia's freshwater fish are fond of snacking on animal and plant material, ...

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 ...

Native to Latin America, the Amazon sailfin catfish is widely sold around the world as an aquarium fish and is known for its ability to rapidly colonise new environments. WWF-Pakistan warned that the ...