Fish hooked on meth – the consequences of freshwater pollution

Chemicals in drugs can be excreted unchanged, infiltrating waterways via sewage and effluent.

Alex Ford, Professor of Biology, University of Portsmouth • conversation
July 6, 2021 • ~7 min

Climate change: world's lakes are in hot water – threatening rare wildlife

The lives of one in ten of Earth's species are connected to lakes and their tributaries.

Antonia Law, Lecturer in Physical Geography, Keele University • conversation
June 7, 2021 • ~7 min

Floating solar farms could cool down lakes threatened by climate change

Earth's floating solar power capacity has grown one-hundredfold in the last five years.

Giles Exley, Associate Lecturer of Energy and Environment, Lancaster University • conversation
April 13, 2021 • ~6 min

‘Fitbit’ for mussels could monitor freshwater for toxic stuff

A new sensor works like a FItbit to keep track of mussel activity. It could send alerts about toxic stuff in freshwater ecosystems.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
March 29, 2021 • ~6 min

How the UK's first lockdown changed water habits – and risked shortages

With fewer people commuting, home water use changed radically overnight in March 2020.

Ruby Smith, Research Assistant in Geography, University of Manchester • conversation
March 22, 2021 • ~7 min

How the UK's first lockdown changed our water habits – and risked shortages

With fewer people commuting, home water use changed radically overnight in March 2020.

Ruby Smith, Research Assistant in Geography, University of Manchester • conversation
March 22, 2021 • ~7 min

Paradox lost: wetlands can form in deserts, but we need to find and protect them

Wetlands in drylands seem impossible, but their benefits to people and wildlife are very real.

Timothy J. Ralph, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University • conversation
Feb. 2, 2021 • ~7 min

Two-thirds of Earth's land is on pace to lose water as the climate warms – that's a problem for people, crops and forests

The projected loss of water storage on land as global temperatures rise is especially alarming in the Southern Hemisphere – and in parts of the US.

Yadu Pokhrel, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University • conversation
Jan. 11, 2021 • ~7 min

How city roads trap migrating fish

A recent US study found tyre chemicals were polluting rivers and poisoning migratory salmon.

Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley, Sêr Cymru Research Fellow in Environmental Sciences, Swansea University • conversation
Jan. 8, 2021 • ~5 min

Flooding can help resurrect wetlands and slow climate change – here's how

Flooding isn't always destructive – it can be part of our toolkit for restoring ecosystems.

George Heritage, Honorary Research Fellow in Hydromorphology, University of Salford • conversation
Nov. 25, 2020 • ~7 min

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