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...
Nearly 1/3 of freshwater fish face extinction
From hefty tuna to tiny anchovies, most of the world’s favorite fish species are found in the oceans. But in...
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...
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...
Monstrous goldfish found in Australian rivers were released as pets
Australian researchers are warning of a new, invasive threat to the continent’s native wildlife: goldfish that...
Dog-Killing Blue Green Algae Bacteria Found in Parts of Long Island
It sounds like the opening scene of a horror movie: a dog in Long Island was playing with its owner and stopped...
Meixi Lake City: Kohn Pedersen Fox Designs a Water-Centric Pop-Up City for China
According to KPF designers assigned to the Meixi Lake project, this pop-up city will be "an experiment in future...
