Water quality experts are using DNA tools to track down contamination responsible for beach closures along the Great Lakes ...

Clean Water Act permits for sewage treatment plants, coal power plants, chemical facilities and other sources of water pollution expire every five years. State environmental regulators across the ...

The July 7 report from Environment America Research and Policy Center found that 61% of tested beaches nationwide had ...

An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a ...

Less chemicals means less nitrates going into bodies of water. According to the Iowa Environmental Council , fertilizers are one of the main sources of nitrate pollution in the state.

Light pollution penetrates under the water, creating a vastly different world for fish living in shallow reefs near urban environments. Light disrupts the normal cues associated with circadian ...