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Although it has been considerably less studied than other environmental problems, salinization presents major challenges for biodiversity in freshwater and coastal areas.
Aquifers are highly prevalent across Africa – but they’re not always going to be usable.
In 1776, with a population of 2.5 million, few imagined that within two centuries, the U.S. would become the dominant superpower. It’s not inconceivable that Canada could do the same by 2223.
Urban infrastructure was designed to take stormwater out to the ocean quickly. Now, California needs that precious water.
A new survey has revealed an alarming deterioration in the health of the River Thames ecosystem – but some of the recorded changes may be the result of a cleaner river.
Governments, industrial and development companies and scientists need to take a leading role in finding strategic solutions to the cumulative threats impacting our freshwater ecosystems.
While we know how global changes in freshwater pose risks to humans and ecosystems, we know less about how people and ecosystems will respond to these global freshwater challenges.
Most of the flooded communities are Indigenous and rely on subsistence hunting that residents would normally be doing right now. Recovering from the damage will make that harder.
Migratory fish populations have collapsed worldwide in the last 50 years.
Sandfish keep the rivers clean and the food web balanced but their numbers are declining. Farmers are helping to lift these numbers.
A new study of dairying in Canterbury shows previous estimates vastly underestimate the impact of intensive farming. A 12-fold reduction in cow numbers could be needed to meet safe water standards.
Nigeria should urgently protect three freshwater ecosystems as these undisturbed environments are becoming rare globally.
Our planet’s invaluable natural store of freshwater is woefully neglected.
The Nigerian government must do more to combat increasing plastic pollution in the country.
Dry regions will get drier and wet regions wetter as the climate changes. How quickly? Quicker than we thought, unfortunately.
A staggering 85% of the world’s chalk streams are found in England.
The presence of a vulnerable species in Ekor Waterfalls, Nigeria, is a signal that the area could support other rare or threatened species.
Australia’s southwest is a biodiversity hotspot - and it’s also a climate change hotspot. Something has to give.
Rivers are among the most embattled ecosystems on Earth. Researchers are testing a new, inexpensive way to study river health by using eDNA to count the species that rivers harbor.
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Senior Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Associate professor in ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Research fellow, Charles Sturt University
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Post-doctoral researcher, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer and quantitative ecologist, The University of Melbourne
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Conservation Planning Biologist, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Saskatchewan
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Canada Research Chair & Professor, Carleton University
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Honorary Fellow in Environmental Sciences, Swansea University
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Senior Researcher; Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Hydrogeology, UCL
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Professor of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Research Scientist, University of British Columbia
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
