Tag: Freshwater
Fresh water is a hidden challenge − and opportunity − for...
Dustin Cole, Auburn University
Reports of lengthy shipping delays for vessels traveling through the Panama Canal this year have...
What is seawater intrusion? A hydrogeologist explains the shifting balance between...
Holly Michael, University of Delaware
Seawater intrusion is the movement of saline water from the ocean or estuaries into...
It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the...
Steven J Lade, Australian National University; Ben Stewart-Koster, Griffith University; Stuart Bunn, Griffith University; Syezlin Hasan, Griffith University, and Xuemei Bai, Australian...
How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts...
Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz
California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that...
Scientists at work: We use environmental DNA to monitor how human...
Marie Simonin, Inrae and Emily S. Bernhardt, Duke University
Rivers, lakes and wetlands cover just 1% of the Earth’s...
Why the ‘brain-eating’ amoeba found in freshwater lakes – while rare...
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Composed of a single cell, amoeba seem harmless enough: They look like playful critters waltzing under the spotlight of a microscope...
US rivers are becoming saltier – and it’s not just from...
Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland; Gene E. Likens, University of Connecticut; Michael Pace, University of Virginia, and Ryan Utz, Chatham University
The United States has...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
