Degraded coral reefs at Kahekili Beach Park in west Maui, Hawaii. Peter Swarzenski / Usgs In a case watched closely…
Photo: The Great Barrier Reef, Northern Queensland, Australia Rivers deliver sediment from land to the ocean. This sediment contains nutrients…
Inspired by indigenous views of nature, a movement to grant a form of legal “personhood” to rivers is gaining some…
Fecal contamination of urban and peri-urban water bodies is a major health issue in most low- and middle-income countries, where…
Photo © KEN ARCHER By J. Dale James, Ph.D., and Ellen R. Herbert, Ph.D. Wetlands are among the most valuable…