Organic matter contamination in landfills leads to the emission of greenhouse gases such as methane, exacerbating global warming and climate change. It also produces leachate, which contaminates ...

With warmer air carrying more moisture, the frequency, duration and volume of rainfall events are escalating in many parts of the world. Consequently, municipal sewage processing facilities become ...

Decades of nutrient pollution flowing from fast-growing communities and farm lands along the lagoon's shores have left the water cloudy with harmful algal blooms, which can prevent sunlight from ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Three conservation groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to protect manatees and sea turtles from water pollution in Florida. Over half of the more ...

The main areas of concern result from the usual suspects — pollution and habitat alteration — as well as competition from nonnative crayfish introduced into aquatic systems.

Heavier rainfalls and droughts caused by climate change can have profound impacts on water quality, say scientists.

Despite extensive evidence of that harmful pollution and Florida’s failure to address it, the EPA approved the state’s water-quality criteria for nitrogen, phosphorous and dissolved oxygen, concluding ...

The survey of 1,000 Minnesota adults asked how they use Minnesota lakes and rivers and surveyed their views on water issues ...

The main areas of concern result from the usual suspects – pollution and habitat alteration – as well as competition from nonnative crayfish introduced into aquatic systems.