“Our results indicate that microplastics may tip the balance of conditions in favor of algal blooms,” the authors conclude in ...

Increasingly severe and numerous wildfires are changing the face of land across the globe, but new research by UC San Diego and others reveals that aquatic ecosystems are also being transformed, the ...

Increasingly severe and numerous wildfires are changing the face of land across the globe, but new research by UC San Diego and others reveals that aquatic ecosystems are also being transformed, the ...

Last week, wildfires blazed across western Canada, turning the town of Jasper, located near Alberta’s Jasper National Park, into ashes. The local government estimated that the fire damaged or ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 6, 2025) A study in Ecology Letters finds “severe degradation of ecosystem functioning in the form of loss of organic matter consumption and dramatic shifts in primary ...

A series of wildfire experiments conducted at UC San Diego carry implications for aquatic ecosystems in areas such as the Sierra Nevada mountains. In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, ...

Our understanding of which aquatic species produce sounds just took a big step forward. Scientists have created an inventory of species confirmed or expected to produce sound underwater. Scientists ...

Myxozoan parasites represent a highly diverse group of microscopic organisms that have evolved from free‐living cnidarians into specialised endoparasites. These organisms possess distinct ...

Keep Bossier Beautiful planted approximately 200 used Christmas trees in Cypress Black Bayou to create fish habitats and breeding areas for other aquatic life, reducing waste and strengthening the ...

This two-part blog post is adapted from a presentation held in December 2024. Presenters and authors: Kevin Gauthier and Chuck Williams. Kevin Gauthier: “I'm a research technician for WyACT’s Aquatics ...

Turtles are often unfairly maligned as fish killers that ruin the ecosystems of our ponds, rivers, and streams. The facts are that many turtles are omnivores and consume large amounts of aquatic ...