Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a threat to public health everywhere, and a threat to the fishing industry along the west ...

Researchers from the HUN-REN Center for Ecological Research have developed a novel three-dimensional modeling method that ...

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 ...

One-quarter of freshwater animals are now threatened with extinction, and population declines in fresh waters outpace those ...

Mismanagement and growing needs for water are causing freshwater ecosystems to collapse, making freshwater species the most threatened on Earth with extinction rates 4 to 6 times higher than their ...

C since 2000, with +1.3-4.1 ºC rises projected by the end of the century. So concludes an article published in Environmental Research: Water, which combined multiple models to estimate how the ...

Marine and freshwater ecosystems are undergoing unprecedented change as a result of human activities and global warming. At ECOENV, our research aims to build an understanding of fundamental problems ...

A research team from the Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), has discovered seven new species of freshwater ...

When water temperatures reach approximately 68°F, typically in early summer, mayfly nymphs undergo metamorphosis. They rise to the surface, emerging in a sexually immature stage. After a brief period, ...

The diverse, growing nature of the cumulative threats facing fresh water requires an equally diversified approach to tackling the problem.