providing a year-round oasis for microbial life,” the authors wrote. “This study describes a unique example of these ecosystems by adding the massive freshwater Lake Enigma, one of the deepest ...

In May 2024, Clear Lake, California’s largest freshwater lake, which is next to an abandoned mercury mine, turned a sickly shade of emerald green, capturing the attention of NASA scientists and ...

Nearly a quarter of freshwater species face extinction due to habitat destruction, pollution, and water overuse.

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes, and other freshwater habitats face extinction, according to a new study published Wednesday in Nature. Researchers found that 24 percent of ...

As scientists better comprehend the extent to which lakes, ponds, rivers and marshlands—and the animal and plant life they support ... that nearly 25 percent of freshwater fauna—including ...

Rumors of shark sightings in the massive freshwater lakes of the Midwest have circulated ... there is still plenty of ...

A refined mathematical model is now capable of predicting carbon inputs and outputs for freshwater lakes around the world, according to new research from INSTAAR’s Isabella Oleksy and collaborators.