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Sea foam is a health hazard. These bacterial smoothies can contain more harmful pathogens than a sewage treatment plant – and you wouldn’t go swimming in sewage.
President Trump’s national energy emergency declaration does not qualify as an emergency that would exempt energy projects from environmental laws and regulations.
To deal with microplastic pollution, it helps agencies to know what kind of plastic they’ve got on their hands.
San Francisco argued that Clean Water Act permits should function like recipes that restrict specific ingredients in a dish, rather than telling cooks not to make the dish too salty.
Medications degrade over time, meaning they may not work as intended once they reach and pass their expiry date.
Blue, green orange, brown − water comes in many colors, depending on what’s in it.
Citizen science can shape policy at every level, from local projects to global initiatives.
Immigration isn’t the only hot-button issue along the US-Mexico border. There’s also a growing water shortage that’s affecting farmers, businesses and cities on both sides.
Antimicrobial resistance is hard to monitor because there’s no standard way to detect it. Here’s how it could be better identified in rivers, streams and seas.
Fewer cows on the farm and a broader range of farming practices, including involvement in the emerging alternative proteins industry, could help New Zealand’s dairy sector remain viable.
Once these chemicals are in an environment they almost never break down.
Providing information about risks and easy-to-use test strips made people more likely to check their water quality. But there’s not much support for people whose water turns out to be tainted.
One of the most liberal US cities is offering the Supreme Court a chance to further restrict federal regulatory power.
New research reveals how water containing the antidepressant Prozac affects male guppies, raising concerns about the health of aquatic ecosystems exposed to pharmaceutical pollution.
Regulator Ofwat has slapped big fines on water companies, including Thames Water, for sewage pollution offences – will they make a difference?
Connecting the rich, and often unknown, histories of open swimming in urban waterways to the growing swimmable cities movement could help to shape the futures of urban swimming.
Billions have been spent making the Seine swimmable for the first time in a century. It might not be enough.
Artificial sweeteners aren’t metabolised by the human body, so they are excreted – and that’s where the environmental problems begin.
Bans on water company boss bonuses, but no overhaul of Britain’s creaking (and leaking) water industry.
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
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Professor of Biology, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Water Science, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
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UNESCO Chair on Climate Change Variability of Natural and Cultural Heritage and Professor in Physics, James Cook University
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Professor Emeritus of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Adjunct professor, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Chief Conservation Officer, Project Seagrass & Research Affiliate, Swansea University
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Professor of Marine Science, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
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Professor of Water Research; Director, Water Alliance, Michigan State University
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Oceanographer, The University of Western Australia
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Director, Ocean and Coastal Policy Center, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Emeritus Professor of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science