After wildfires in California and Colorado cities, levels of harmful metals in the water jumped. Nature sent up a red flag.
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Portable paddleboards can transport unwelcome passengers – here’s how to minimise the risk of spreading invasive and non-native species between waterways.
Researchers say eel tiles offer conservationists a new fish passage solution that could slow down the population decrease of the European eel.
The UK’s Victorian-era sewer network is at breaking point.
People love natural swimming spots, but it’s important to manage them well to protect both swimmers and the environment.
Seven Williams Treaties First Nations continue to call on the provincial government to adequately consult them when making important decisions on their lands in the Greenbelt and beyond.
Mahmudia became a wasteland under dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s communist agricultural policy. But villagers fought to resurrect their home and reconnect with the wilderness.
For temperature-sensitive animals, the dense, leafy canopy of willow trees may make them the lesser of two evils in a warming climate.
New research published in the journal Nature reveals that more than 1.2 million flow barriers exist on European rivers and that approximately 10% are obsolete.
This automated approach can be used in any other city around the world, helping to reduce how much waste enters local waterways and reaches the ocean.
When the post-bushfire rains finally arrived, the situation for many fish species went from dangerous to catastrophic. A slurry of ash and mud washed into waterways, sending oxygen levels plummeting.
Population growth and attendant human activities are destroying a freshwater ecosystem.
Any disruption to shipping in the narrow seaway could impact oil prices and ratchet up geopolitical tensions.
Don’t blame climate change for the 39,000 forest fires now incinerating huge tracts of the Brazilian Amazon. This environmental catastrophe is human-made and highly political.
Brazil’s new president could clear the way for plans to develop remote areas around the Tapajos River basin over the objections of the indigenous people who live there.
Pharmaceuticals were found in every invertebrate sampled from six Melbourne streams - including a waterway in a national park.
A big spill in Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac could have devastating consequences. But does replacing the pipeline running beneath it make sense in a warming world?
Canada’s national parks don’t need more visitors. They could use more scientists, and better science, to help conserve the country’s species.
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Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, Monash University
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Associate Professor for Energy Systems, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Chair, Anishinaabeg Knowledge and Assistant Professor at Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, Trent University
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Associate Professor of Biogeography and Biodiversity Conservation, PhD, Babes Bolyai University
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Principle Research Scientist, CSIRO, CSIRO
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Professor of Practice & Director, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Fellow, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Freshwater Ecologist, Charles Sturt University
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Assistant Professor, Indigenous Methodologies, Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies, Trent University
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Freshwater Ecologist, Charles Sturt University
