2 min read Freshwater ecosystems are essential for human survival, providing the majority of people's drinking water. The ecosystems are home to more than 40 percent of the world's fish species.

Cities there function like space stations, importing every ounce of fresh water from distant rivers or fossil aquifers. But such is the human inclination to take water as a birthright that public ...

It has long been speculated that the next great global conflict will centre around water. The availability of fresh, clean water is already a problem for much of the global population. As our water ...

The Florida Everglades is a broad mosaic of fresh water, sawgrass marshes ... And that has become a water quality concern. Drinking water with elevated nitrogen is linked to human health problems, and ...

The human body itself is about 60% water ... Saltwater fish swallow water for the opposite reason freshwater expel it. McGill ...

There is strong evidence that human activity is changing the saltiness of the world’s oceans and rivers. In coastal regions in Bangladesh, increased levels of salt in fresh water are ...