Drought drops Lake Tahoe's water level dangerously low
It’s been a bad year for Lake Tahoe. A usually busy summer season saw empty shorelines as people evacuated...
This lake house shows how nature inspires seamless design
Organic Shelter sits in the middle of a forest, with a lake transitioning smoothly away from it. Nature is...
Warming in deepest parts of the Great Lakes could be irreversible
New research published in the journal Nature Communications shows that the deepest parts of the Great Lakes are...
This timber-clad cabin appears to hover over an idyllic lake landscape
Rye-based architectural practice RX Architects has completed a charming cabin at the edge of a lake in Brabourne,...
This passive-energy lake house unites multiple generations under one roof
Located on a peninsula on Ossippee Lake, New Hampshire, the Anker Jordan Residence is a lakeside cottage that offers...
Kilauea lava boils away Hawaii's largest freshwater lake in just a few hours
Hawaii's largest freshwater lake is gone. Lava from Fissure 8 boiled away Green Lake, a source of freshwater for...
11-year-old discovers rare 475-million-year-old fossil in Tennessee
While enjoying an evening walk at Douglas Lake in East Tennessee, 11-year-old Ryleigh Taylor stumbled upon a magnificent...
The first salty lakes discovered in the Arctic could hold the key to finding alien life
Researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered extremely salty subglacial lakes buried beneath 1800-2460...
Thoreau's Walden Pond is under threat from human activities
In his book first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods, transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau reflected...
The world's biggest Arctic lake isn't as resistant to climate change as scientists thought
Scientists used to think Lake Hazen, located around 560 miles away from the North Pole in Canada, was beyond the...
Curvaceous geothermal-powered home “floats” on a French lake
Lyon-based architecture studio AUM convinced their clients to build their home on a lake rather than in the middle...
Off-grid Lake House escapes the Texan heat with minimal landscape impact
There’s nothing quite like taking a cool dip in a lake on a hot summer’s day. The lucky owners of the Lake...
Architect designs solar-powered research center to save dying Lake Chad
Lake Chad in Africa spanned over 770,000 square miles in 50,000 B.C., according to Cameroon-based architecture...
The Great Salt Lake is turning to dust - and it could vanish entirely
Utah’s Great Salt Lake is shrinking. A group of local professors and scientists from the Utah Division of Water...
Mars Curiosity rover bolsters case for life on Mars with evidence of ancient lake
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has turned up a curious find on the surface of Earth’s closest neighbor - evidence...
