Vast Freshwater Reserves Found Beneath Salinity-Stressed Coastal Bangladesh – State of the Planet
Despite its tropical climate and floodplain location, Bangladesh—one of the world’s most densely populated nations—seasonally…
Tag: freshwater
We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet
Water is being depleted at sites around the world Intensive groundwater pumping, evaporation and melting…
Extinct freshwater dolphin from the Amazon was largest of all time
An artistic reconstruction of Pebanista yacuruna in the murky waters of the Peruvian proto-AmazonJaime Bran…
Grit salt on our roads is killing freshwater wildlife. What can we do?
Every year, we add millions upon millions of tonnes of salt to the world’s roads…
PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Freshwater Fish, Yet Most States Don’t Warn Residents
Bill Eisenman has always fished.“Growing up, we ate whatever we caught — catfish, carp, freshwater…
Earth is getting saltier, an ‘existential threat’ to freshwater supplies
Humanity is messing with the Earth’s “salt cycle,” with potentially dangerous consequences for drinking water…
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water
Engineers at MIT and in China are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with…