More than 500 dams are planned or under construction within protected areas, according to a new study published in Conservation Letters.
The extent to which rivers transport burned carbon to oceans—where it can be stored for tens of millennia—is revealed in new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).
The latest environmental report on New Zealand’s lakes and rivers reiterates bleak news about the state of freshwater ecosystems, and warns that climate change will exacerbate existing threats.
Almost one-third of the water used in the western United States goes to crops that feed cattle. Eating beef isn’t just bad for the climate.
