By Jennifer Junghans, Solving Sacramento. In California, nearly 4,000 native plant and animal species depend on the state’s freshwater ecosystems.. Trout, salmon and smelt run the rivers and ...

Despite widespread human impacts on wildlife diversity worldwide, many fish communities on the seafloor have maintained their ...

Scientists have discovered that changes in climate and water levels are reducing the ability of some ecosystems in the ...

In our recent study, we identified the basins of the world that are most likely to be impacted by two central and interrelated aspects of water scarcity: freshwater stress, which occurs when the ...

Florida’s future is intricately connected to the fate of vitally important freshwater ecosystems. In search of solutions, Crowl and institute scientists know one thing for certain: Hope for South ...

Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems, however, they are in distress. A new ...

They zero in on methods to determine the types of hazards, probability, salt exposure, and vulnerability a freshwater ecosystem may face. The Patuxent River, ...

A startling 24% of freshwater animals were at risk of extinction due to compounding threats from pollution, dams, water extraction, agriculture, invasive species, climate change and other disruptions.

Researchers have developed a model incorporating recreational freshwater ecosystem services like fishing and swimming into water allocation policies. The study shows that increasing demand for ...