An abandoned boat rests on the cracked earth where formerly it floated. Lake Poopo, once Bolivia's second-largest, has mostly disappeared—taking with it a centuries-old culture reliant entirely on its bounty.
Environment
Nov 2, 2022
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With the Colorado River reservoirs continuing to decline, federal officials announced plans Friday to revise their current rules for dealing with shortages and will pursue a new agreement to achieve larger reductions in water ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2022
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The death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead should prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and ...
Environment
Oct 22, 2022
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Lifelong Cleveland resident Steve Gove recalls when the Cuyahoga River symbolized shame—fetid, lifeless, notorious for catching fire when sparks from overhead rail cars ignited the oil-slicked surface.
Environment
Oct 17, 2022
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Freshwater ecosystems are threatened by a host of environmental stressors from human activities. Among the most insidious and impactful of these is invasion by non-native species.
Ecology
Oct 13, 2022
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The heart-shaped Lake Eyre Basin covers about one-sixth of Australia. It contains one of the few remaining pristine river systems in the world.
Earth Sciences
Oct 8, 2022
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Groundwaters that circulate through the subsoil as a result of melting permafrost can transport carbon dioxide and methane to Arctic lakes and in turn be emitted to the atmosphere. This process of transporting greenhouse ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2022
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Starved for freshwater, the Great Salt Lake is getting saltier. The lake is losing sources of freshwater input to agriculture, urban growth and drought, and the drawdown is causing salt concentrations to spike beyond even ...
Ecology
Oct 4, 2022
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An analysis of sediments from five North Carolina lakes near coal-burning power plants has found that coal ash pollution of surface waters has been more persistent and widespread than was previously known.
Environment
Oct 3, 2022
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The annual surface temperature of 160 lakes across the Tibetan Plateau has increased significantly in the period of 1978–2017, according to a study on large-scale dynamic monitoring and simulation of lake water temperature.
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2022
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