A new analysis ranked U.S. lakes for water quality and clarity.

When snow and ice melt, road salt goes with them, washing into lakes, streams, wetlands and groundwater. Credit: David R. Gonzalez / Minnesota Dept. of Transportation When snow and ice melt, road salt ...

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes with an average depth of 62 feet, but it is also the most biologically productive. All of the Great Lakes rank among the 15 largest lakes in the world ...

This study is led by Prof. Lian Feng (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology). Algal blooms were present in nearly half of the world's 1956 ...

There's a submerged settlement hidden in the depths of Gorski Kotar's largest lake, which still appears from time to time ...