GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — An invasive freshwater jellyfish has been spotted in Lake Erie. The Pennsylvania Department of ...

Saltier lakes could potentially mean bad news for humans, too. We depend on freshwater ecosystems for our drinking water. The Great Lakes on the Canada-U.S. border provide drinking water for more ...

GoErie reported in early July that the lake's levels in May and June were above their long-term averages. The U.S. Army Corps ...

Yet the resulting salt pollution in freshwater ecosystems may prove to be a far more difficult hole to dig ourselves out of, as de-icing chemicals have become the status quo for creating upwards ...

“California has the fifth largest economy in the world and supports many unique ecosystems, so we need to focus on sustaining the waters of California, from rivers and estuaries to lakes and ...

North America's freshwater lakes are getting saltier Proximity to roads -- and road salt -- predicts escalating salinization Date: April 10, 2017 Source: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies ...

For all their economic costs, road salts may take an even steeper toll on the environment. As salty runoff infiltrates streams and lakes, it can upset freshwater ecosystems. Authors of a 2017 ...

Where the model faltered, she added new parameters to improve it. In the end, Oleksy and her collaborators created a model capable of estimating the conditions of freshwater lakes in a diverse range ...

Opinion Save Lake Erie, stop the degradation of a fragile freshwater ecosystem: editorial Updated: Jul. 13, 2013, 1:06 a.m. | Published: Jul. 13, 2013, 12:06 a.m.

The water within freshwater lakes is regularly turned over by storms in the winter months, distributing oxygen to the lower levels and preserving the ecosystem. But scientists warn global warming ...

Quirks and Quarks Does sunscreen damage freshwater lake ecosystems? CBC Radio · Posted: Jul 27, 2018 12:31 PM PDT | Last Updated: July 27, 2018 ...