Fish in market in Laos along the Mekong River. For millennia, fish have symbolized wealth and abundance. Thousands of years later, fish are still a critical component of diets for people around the ...

Despite $2 trillion in conservation spending since the launch of the modern environmental movement more than 50 years ago, environmental degradation continues to grow. Pesticide use has tripled; ocean ...

Scientists uncover a vast freshwater system deep beneath the Great Salt Lake, revealing new clues about hidden water and dust risks.

A new study examining global freshwater resources has revealed that human actions have significantly altered the planet’s freshwater cycle. So how will these changes impact our water supply and by ...

Researchers at McGill University used 2,000-year-old stone jars in Laos to observe long-term ecological processes, enhancing ...

Echo has cared for the water for as long as they can remember. Growing up along the St. Croix River, they remember taking boat trips with their family to clean up the trash throughout the waterway.

They contain 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume. The total surface is 94,250 square miles (244,106 km2), and the total volume (measured at the low water datum) is 5,439 cubic miles ...

A woman selling fish in a market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. From Ancient Egypt to the Zhou Dynasty to first century Palestine, fish have symbolized wealth and abundance, demonstrating the ancient ...