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Freshwater Ecosystem
Freshwater ecosystems offer an especially rich diversity of habitat conditions, plants and animal species. It refers to the water found in lakes, ponds, streams, and any other body of water other than the sea.
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OCT 17, 2025Earth & The Environment
What impacts can severe droughts have on local ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to add ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
What can fossil records teach scientists about ancient ecosystems and marine environments? This is what a recent study p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 31, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can a recent subsurface flood in Greenland be influenced by climate change? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
Lakes are a critical part of the ecosystems of Earth. While they are often a crucial source of water, they also emit gre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can dusty snowmelt influence future water flow in the Colorado River, which is responsible for supplying water to ap ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 11, 2025Earth & The Environment
The Earth's Critical Zone encompasses our air, water, and earth, all of the organisms within them, and the processes tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
How did the 2024 climate, and specifically extreme weather, impact the global water cycle? This is what the 2024 Global ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can rivers determine the long-term fate of the world’s water supply? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 15, 2024Earth & The Environment
How will climate change impact the water cycle in New England? This is what upcoming research funded by the United State ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can researchers help bolster the resilience of marine ecosystems because of climate change? This is what a recent st ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
Can water be harvested from the air to help mitigate water scarcity across the globe? This is what a recent study publis ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
What steps can be taken to address global water shortages and security? This is what a recent study published in Global ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 26, 2024Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Climate change and poor planning are causing major water scarcity crises in multiple cities and regions around the world ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
PFAS seemed like an incredibly useful invention in the 1930s but we have since learned how dangerous these chemicals can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
What impact do algae have on the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what a recent study published in Global Change Biolog ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 15, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Little sacs can bud from cells, and they are known as extracellular vesicles. These little sacs can contain many molecul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2023Microbiology
Rotifers are a type of microscopic zooplankton that lives in freshwater ecosystems and oceans around the world. Ne resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment examines the human impact of salt on the environment, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
Hannah Lukasik is a second-year Hydrology Master of Science student in the Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences (GPHS ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 22, 2023Earth & The Environment
The world needs metals, especially as we transition to renewable forms of energy that require elements like lithium.Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What impacts can severe droughts have on local ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to add
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What can fossil records teach scientists about ancient ecosystems and marine environments? This is what a recent study p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 31, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can a recent subsurface flood in Greenland be influenced by climate change? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Lakes are a critical part of the ecosystems of Earth. While they are often a crucial source of water, they also emit gre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can dusty snowmelt influence future water flow in the Colorado River, which is responsible for supplying water to ap
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 11, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The Earth's Critical Zone encompasses our air, water, and earth, all of the organisms within them, and the processes tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How did the 2024 climate, and specifically extreme weather, impact the global water cycle? This is what the 2024 Global
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can rivers determine the long-term fate of the world’s water supply? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 15, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How will climate change impact the water cycle in New England? This is what upcoming research funded by the United State
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can researchers help bolster the resilience of marine ecosystems because of climate change? This is what a recent st
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Can water be harvested from the air to help mitigate water scarcity across the globe? This is what a recent study publis
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What steps can be taken to address global water shortages and security? This is what a recent study published in Global
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 26, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Climate change and poor planning are causing major water scarcity crises in multiple cities and regions around the world
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
PFAS seemed like an incredibly useful invention in the 1930s but we have since learned how dangerous these chemicals can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What impact do algae have on the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what a recent study published in Global Change Biolog
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 15, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Little sacs can bud from cells, and they are known as extracellular vesicles. These little sacs can contain many molecul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2023
Microbiology
Rotifers are a type of microscopic zooplankton that lives in freshwater ecosystems and oceans around the world. Ne resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment examines the human impact of salt on the environment,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Hannah Lukasik is a second-year Hydrology Master of Science student in the Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences (GPHS
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 22, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The world needs metals, especially as we transition to renewable forms of energy that require elements like lithium.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch