Degradation of lakes is a worldwide problem, with symptoms including toxic algae blooms. Restoration is possible, but takes a lot of time and effort.

Groundwater – a vital source of water for drinking and irrigation across sub-Saharan Africa – is resilient to climate variability and change, according to a new study led by UCL and Cardiff University.

The report recommends a set of actions that countries can take to improve water quality.

You see a misshapen pepper, an undersized peach or an oddly coloured apple.

Connected areas of high-quality forest running through oil palm plantations could help support increased levels of biodiversity, new research suggests.

Wildfires in the West are becoming inevitable, and communities that rethink what it means to live with them will likely fare better than those that simply rebuild after they burn.

The researchers looked at ecological data for as long as 33 years after either fire or cutting down juniper was used to control junipers.

A new QUT-led study has developed a statistical toolbox to help avoid seagrass loss which provides shelter, food and oxygen to fish and at-risk species like dugongs and green turtles.

The banana—or at least the fruit as we know it—is facing an existential crisis. 

Scientists have found how to relieve a bottleneck in the process by which plants transform sunlight into food, which may lead to an increase in crop production.