Earth losing fresh water and may have hit irreversible tipping point due to climate change
Soil moisture has declined more than 2,600 gigatonnes since 2000, making a greater contribution to sea level rise than ...
Increased meltwater and rain help explain why Southern Ocean cooling has defied predictions
Global climate models predict that the ocean around Antarctica should be warming, but in reality, those waters have cooled ...
Climate warming and heat waves are accelerating global lake deoxygenation, study finds
Freshwater ecosystems require adequate oxygen levels to sustain aerobic life and maintain healthy biological communities.
Saltwater contamination in freshwater systems is on the rise
As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this ...
Youth are charting new freshwater futures by learning from the water on the water
The future of freshwater is increasingly in jeopardy across Canada and around the world. Lakes, rivers and wetlands face ...
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Bacteria in Lake Superior reveal climate change’s impact on Great Lakes, research finds
Rising temperatures and changing environmental conditions in the Great Lakes are contributing to harmful algal blooms, and ...
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The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.
For over a century, the United States and Canada have worked in tandem to manage four of the five Great Lakes that straddle ...
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This data platform charts the health of nearly every freshwater body on Earth. Here’s what it reveals
The Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer offers what experts call an unprecedented look at the world’s lakes, rivers and wetlands, ...
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Climate crisis not excuse to privatise public water, says water justice coalition
As the world marks World Water Day 2025, the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) has called for urgent action to safeguard Africa’s water resources from what it describes as the twin threats ...
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Rising Seas and Land-Based Salt Pollution Pose Dual Threats for Drinking Water
But this brine isn’t just coming from the ocean: New research shows freshwater ecosystems are facing widespread dual threats of salt contamination from the sea and land, made worse by climate ...
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With climate change, cryosphere melt scales up as a threat to planetary health
Earth’s frozen places — ice sheets, glaciers and permafrost — are melting: a clear sign of climate change and a planet ...
How new technology could tap freshwater from the ocean
California water agencies are working with a company on a new desalination technology, testing a system that eventually could ...