The UpLink Tackling Water Pollution Challenge. In the intelligent age, as converging technologies reshape global society, ...

Watersheds, which catch precipitation and channel it to streams and lakes, are highly vulnerable to pollution. Programs to protect freshwater habitats include planning, stewardship, education ...

Given that the demand for freshwater resources is expected to ... species invasions, and pollution further degrade water quality and quantity (Schindler 2006). Control and management of cultural ...

“There is clearly something particular happening in Paris that we don't fully understand yet; it opens a field of exploration," said Vignon, according to Le Monde. The abundant artificial light in ...

The animals that persist in these reduced habitats are then impacted by sewage, industrial and plastic pollution. Yet, despite the rising risk to these species, freshwater environments are ...

Crustaceans face the highest risk at 30%, followed by freshwater fish at 26% and dragonflies at 16%. Pollution is the leading threat, affecting 54% of endangered freshwater species, followed by ...

“Cities are becoming sick,” he said. He called on citizens to “become more active in ensuring that we do not allow pollution to engulf us”. “Unfortunately, in South Africa it always takes a crisis to ...

Salt pollution from road deicing salts threatens freshwater ecosystems and urban green infrastructure. New research on salt-tolerant plants like cattails highlights their potential role in ...

The loss of freshwater habitats to agriculture and urban development, overharvesting, invasive species, pollution, dam construction and water extraction emerged as major threats to freshwater species.

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — A first-of-its-kind study has an alarming conclusion: a quarter of all freshwater fish species could go extinct because of pollution and climate change. Northern ...

The study, published in the journal Nature, revealed that 24% of these freshwater animals face a significant threat of extinction. Over half of these threatened species are being impacted by pollution ...

Research has pinpointed pesticide pollution as a major contributor to the alarming global rate of freshwater extinctions. Sensitive species face significant threats from chemical exposure, while ...