Open Access Government explores the issue of water pollution and its severe implications for public health and the ...

On a cool December day in Brooklyn, New York, in 2014, a group of academic and citizen scientists set off onto one of the most polluted 3 km stretches of water in the US. They’d soon find a thriving ...

As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are working to understand how warming affects the planet’s carbon cycle.

(Nanowerk News) The discharge of organic effluents—biodegradable waste materials from plants and animals—into freshwater bodies is a significant environmental concern, affecting the health and ...

Freshwater sponges are not just ancient organisms, they can absorb toxic metals like arsenic, lead, and cadmium, and their bacteria help detoxify polluted waters ...

Freshwater sponges, which host diverse microbial communities vital for ecosystem health, have been found to have the ...

Scientists from Bose Institute (an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology) have, in a new study, ...

Jean-Baptiste Burnet receives funding from the National Research Fund Luxembourg (project 329963 INTER AUDACE) and from the Ministry of Environment (SMARTWATER, CYANOMON and CYANOWATCH projects).

With conventional waste management systems falling short, many scientists are turning to nature for innovative solutions to the issue of plastic waste. One promising avenue is microbial degradation: ...