"Many of us were frantically raking and skimming large clumps of weeds from the water." Residents stunned as once-pristine swimming spot is overrun by invasive plants: 'Costly and challenging to ...

Conveying the essence of a plant or fungus or portraying its importance or role in its environment or its means of survival. Csaba Daróczi (Hungary) reveals the beauty of the fronds of water violets ...

Fresh water keeps us healthy in our bodies and minds. The water we rely on is also essential to an amazing array of animals and plants from the top to the bottom of the food web: fish, turtles, ...

This freshwater algae that’s used to clean up ... and the same microscopic plant that’s been used to scrub up sewage might be scrubbing up your skin as well. “Chlorella is nutrient-packed ...

Increases in the production and use of pharmaceutical drugs–like antibiotics, antidepressants and pain relievers–are ...

The plant takes over riparian areas and freshwater estuaries, meaning that biodiversity between rivers and oceans is put at risk. However, because the calla lilies are pretty to look at ...

Desalination plants, a major and growing source of freshwater in dry regions, could produce less harmful waste using electricity and new membranes.