Imagine a creature so powerful, yet so unassuming, that its daily routines can transform barren landscapes into thriving, ...

It can disrupt the lives of freshwater invertebrates and their communities, upsetting the balance ... and various other water quality parameters," says Barmentlo. "Our ecosystems were in a ...

Like farmland in Australia, native forests struggle with drought and flooding, so future management decisions need more ...

Rewilding has been in the news a fair bit of late – with our natural spaces under threat, here’s five ways I believe ...

smother aquatic life, and disrupt the natural balance of ecosystems.” Zondi said the City, through partnerships, aims to “address the root causes —particularly pollution from sewage leaks ...

Select the journal/section where you want your idea to be submitted: Water-related ecosystems (WRE) are well known to provide many economic, social and environmental functions and have considerable ...

Groundwater plays an important role in sustaining aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, such as springs, wetlands, rivers and vegetation. Understanding these groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) is ...

Many wetlands are disappearing, but Louisiana’s “accidental” Wax Lake Delta is growing—and informing coastal restoration ...

Hydrilla, an aggressive aquatic plant, and algae blooms, which occur when colonies of algae grow out of control, pose serious risks to aquatic ecosystems ... the beauty and balance of our natural ...

Ecosystem services are the benefits and functions that natural ecosystems provide to people. They include provision of food and clean water, pollination of crops, climate regulation and ecotourism.

Two million people, mostly children, die each year from diarrheal diseases alone. Many of the water systems that keep ecosystems thriving and feed a growing human population have become stressed.