Submerged macrophytes are declining in many shallow lakes around the world, with more algae and free-floating plants taking their place. But an opposite trend is also emerging: water bodies with ...

Our understanding of which aquatic species produce sounds just took a big step forward. Scientists have created an inventory of species confirmed or expected to produce sound underwater. Scientists ...

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 ...

Oxygen is a fundamental requirement of life, and the loss of oxygen in water, referred to as aquatic deoxygenation, is a threat to life at all levels. In fact, researchers describe how ongoing ...

The role of aquatic vegetation restoration in mitigating lake eutrophication is well-recognized, yet the underlying nutrient dynamics-vegetation response relationship remains poorly quantified, ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 6, 2025) A study in Ecology Letters finds “severe degradation of ecosystem functioning in the form of loss of organic matter consumption and dramatic shifts in primary ...

Micro(nano)plastics (MNPs) are pervasive in global water sources, posing indirect threats to water quality by disrupting biogeochemical cycles, facilitating pathogen dispersion and interacting with ...