Imagine conducting a survey asking individuals to identify a precious natural resource. Perhaps the most common response would be resources with high economic value, such as gold or diamonds. Other ...

The Rain CII Lake Charles Calcining Plant in Sulphur, as seen from Google Earth on Feb. 12, 2025. The plant is one of two ...

Peat bogs sequester a huge amount of carbon dioxide. But as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, they're under threat.

Ecosystem engineers are plants or animals that create, modify or maintain habitats. As Joshua Larsen, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham, explains, beavers are a perfect example of ...

Valdivia, Chile, has become the first Latin American city to be designated as a Wetland City by the Ramsar Convention.

Researchers on coastal ecology have studied for decades the conditions that can lead to plummeting oxygen levels in sensitive ...

A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal ...

The banks of the mighty Meghna River, in some areas, are littered with an alarming number of dead fish and other aquatic species. Shocking levels of industrial pollution are to blame for this, experts ...

"It will allow us to help answer a variety of ... questions." Scientists make incredible discovery in Illinois river for ...