This two-part blog post is adapted from a presentation held in December 2024. Presenters and authors: Sean Bertalot, student with Sarah Collins studying limnology and ecosystem ecology in Jackson Lake ...

(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 ...

Heavy rains causing repeated river flood intrusions into Florida's freshwater springs are changing the function of the clear ...

Oxygen is a fundamental requirement of life, and the loss of oxygen in water, referred to as aquatic deoxygenation, is a threat to life at all levels. In fact, researchers describe how ongoing ...

One of the world’s most invasive aquatic plants is now in DuPage County, much to the concern of researchers and state officials. But they said the discovery underscores how public education can keep ...

Pike predation spike: Invasive northern pike in Alaska now consume up to 63% more fish than a decade ago, threatening salmon and prompting calls to rethink control strategies. Goldfish ecosystem ...

It may be the rare gardener these days who has not heard about the push to encourage more use of native plants in our gardens. What is a native? According to the National Resource Conservation Service ...

A recent Minnesota Pollution Control Agency report found that climate change could cost Minnesotans more than $20 billion a ...