The ecology of an upstate New York stream rebounded to its natural state within three years after a small dam was removed, highlighting how quickly aquatic ecosystems can recover, according to a new ...

Nearly three years of monitoring found lower oxygen levels and reduced primary production beneath floating solar panels in a ...

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 ...

Researchers have shown that the effects of wildfires are not limited to terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems are also undergoing rapid changes. The study found that fire debris transforms lakes ...

(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 ...

Researchers demonstrated a more precise way to measure the natural process of denitrification in lakes and other water bodies. The process involves microbes converting nitrate into common, atmospheric ...

The partnership aims to provide a strong platform for integrating advanced molecular technologies with India’s extensive inland aquatic resources, strengthening biodiversity surveillance and ecosystem ...

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) have found a zebra mussel, an aquatic invasive species, in portions of the Colorado River in Utah.

In 2022, smoke from wildfires spread across Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Credit: Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Amid an unusual September heat wave, several major wildfires are raging ...

Existing research has documented noticeable small-scale declines in the number and variety of species in aquatic ecosystems, but there are gaps in our understanding of these changes. In the recently ...

Sediment resuspension of blue carbon ecosystems (e.g., seagrass beds) and muddy sediments exposes buried particulate organic carbon to oxygenated waters and remineralization, potentially enhancing ...