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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Signatories believed they would achieve the program’s primary goal — improving habitat for the Bay’s aquatic life — if they capped nitrogen and phosphorus entering the Chesapeake each year ...

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.