Fish in market in Laos along the Mekong River. For millennia, fish have symbolized wealth and abundance. Thousands of years later, fish are still a critical component of diets for people around the ...

Researchers at McGill University used 2,000-year-old stone jars in Laos to observe long-term ecological processes, enhancing ...

A new study examining global freshwater resources has revealed that human actions have significantly altered the planet’s freshwater cycle. So how will these changes impact our water supply and by ...

Rising global temperatures break glaciers apart and force them to shrink at a pace the world can no longer ignore. On March 21, the United ... Read more The post World Day of Glaciers urges action to ...

Echo has cared for the water for as long as they can remember. Growing up along the St. Croix River, they remember taking boat trips with their family to clean up the trash throughout the waterway.

Marshes on Sanibel Island, once lush and green, have been transformed into saltwater bodies, threatening the island's ecosystem after Hurricane Ian. The hurricane's impact extended beyond ...

Two hundred fifty people will be putting their heads together at a conference in Madison to discuss a pressing freshwater challenge: how to reduce runoff, especially from agricultural fields, that ...

They contain 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume. The total surface is 94,250 square miles (244,106 km2), and the total volume (measured at the low water datum) is 5,439 cubic miles ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois has signed on to the America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge to conserve and restore America’s vital freshwater systems for future generations. IDNR Director ...

A woman selling fish in a market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. From Ancient Egypt to the Zhou Dynasty to first century Palestine, fish have symbolized wealth and abundance, demonstrating the ancient ...