Where it lives: Mount Kaputar, New South Wales, Australia What it eats: Algae, moss, mushrooms, mold Why it's awesome: Not ...

When the summer sun shines and temperatures climb, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce harmful algal blooms. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reminded people this week that some ...

This essay is a follow up on the photograph published in the Jan. 16 Commonwealth (pictured above) that showed duckweed ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Trona has been mined at the lake since 1914, and the facility currently owned and operated by Tata Chemicals Magadi produces 350,000 tons of soda ash per year, according to Saltwork.

There is a lake which is probably one of the most beautiful in the world, but it's also one of the deadliest. There’s no way ...

IT is widely regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful lakes – owed to its unique reddish pink colour. But tourists must ...

I bolted awake, clutching a cold, wet towel to my abdomen: my ‘liver wrap,’ applied at bedtime per the instructions on my printed schedule. A faint signal like a just-rung bell — ...

At Lake Tahoe, native fish stocks have declined, toxic algae alerts have closed down beaches ... First, the stars arrive: 30 young Lahontan cutthroat trout in a glass box. They shimmer pink-green-gold ...

Lake Hillier’s bubblegum-pink color is a natural phenomenon found on Middle Island, Australia. The reason for its striking hue remains a mystery, though scientists suggest it’s due to a unique ...

Under a strange pink-purple glow, illuminated panels buzz ... It also grows a type of bacteria called Arthospira, also known as blue-green algae, as it shares similar properties with microalgae.