April brings us Citizen Science Month and Earth Day—that means it’s the perfect time to get outside, explore nature, and even ...

Hans-Peter Grossart, who co-authored and led the study published in Water Research ... This was the largest field experiment on light pollution in lakes to date. "The IGB LakeLab offers ideal ...

In greenhouse experiments, Megonigal and colleagues found that air and water pollution are a boon to the European Phragmites. With elevated carbon dioxide, it grew thicker leaves, allowing faster ...

Presence of these species indicates there is a high level of water pollution. Water louse and red-tailed maggot are indicator species. They are able to live in water that is moderately to highly ...

When you're on a sandy beach or the banks of a river, transformed by rolling waves or slightly still waters, it's likely ...

There is no single parameter that determines the quality of a water sample, so the pollution ... we love citizen science initiatives like this: previously we’ve featured projects to measure ...

The researchers conducted their experiment ... project on light pollution in lakes. The team studied the composition of bacterial communities and their metabolism in the water.