Environmentalists are backing a legislative proposal that would charge a fee on stormwater pollutants - including petroleum, fertilizers and herbicides - to raise money for local cleanup projects.
Not being absorbed as much by weakened trees with damaged roots, more nitrogen got into groundwater, eventually making its way into streams, rivers and lakes. Nitrogen helps fuel the growth of algae and microscopic plants, which makes lakes and streams more clouded, a process called eutrophication.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists say a lack of oxygen may have caused thousands of fish to die and wash ashore at Sebastian Inlet State Park.
Coastal pollution, mainly arising from the use of agrochemicals and poor waste management, is causing extensive habitat degradation through eutrophication and harmful algal blooms, leading to the spread of dead zones and contributing to the destruction of coastal marine ecosystems.
Water poisoned by poorly treated sewage, animal waste and excess fertilizer is a public health threat. All contain the harmful "nutrients" phosphorus and nitrogen, which spur noxious algae outbreaks.
The European Commission is referring Greece to the European Court of Justice for its failure to protect Lake Koroneia, an internationally important wetland in the region of Thessaloniki. The lake has been seriously affected by pollution and illegal water extraction, with serious consequences for local fauna and flora.
This story is part of a special series that explores the global water crisis. For more clean water news, photos, and information, visit National Geographic's Freshwater Web site.
Chinese and Australian scientists are working together to reduce pollution in China's largest freshwater lake, the Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province.
Just under a year ago, NASA released a map of marine dead zones. It helped us visualize the extent to which low-oxygen areas are harming ocean ecosystems. Now, there's an even better tool -- an interactive map from World Resources Institute.
When asked to list the five main environmental issues that Europeans are worried about, average results for the EU25 showed that nearly half (47%) of respondents quoted "water pollution". This figure reached an astonishing 71% in certain individual countries.
Zeller, a professional wildlife photographer, and his wife, Ann, have a daily routine of looking across O.C. Fisher Reservoir in search of "rare beauties." On Tuesday the couple spotted the elusive northern harrier, and they speculated one explanation for the bird's appearance was another distressing scene at the lake — dead fish strewn across the coastline.
The world's oceans have been experiencing enormous blooms of jellyfish, apparently caused by overfishing, declining water quality, and rising sea temperatures. Now, scientists are trying to determine if these outbreaks could represent a "new normal" in which jellyfish increasingly supplant fish
University Park, Pa. -- The problem plaguing the Chesapeake Bay is widely known and obvious, according to a crops and soils expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. But after decades of trying to save the famous estuary by spending billions of dollars on pollution-control measures, we have made a lot of progress but we still have a long way to go to solve the problem.
EARTH ZAMBIA Executive Director Lovemore Muma has said that sewerage water pollution is becoming a major problem in Zambia and is perpetuated mostly by water utility companies.
United States, January 15 - China’s growth-at-all-costs strategy over the last thirty years has resulted in an economic miracle that has pulled hundreds of millions out of poverty and lifted the once-backward nation into global economic preeminence. But the success has not been without casualties.
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