While accounting for only 3% of the Earth's surface, lakes and ponds are vital habitats, and provide essential resources for a wide range of species, including humans. What is the status of these ...

Wetlands, rivers, lakes, and coastal estuaries are all aquatic ecosystems—critical elements of Earth’s dynamic processes and essential to human economies and health. Wetlands connect land and ...

Some of Earth's groundwater is fossil water ... Humanity's growing thirst also poses a major problem for aquatic ecosystems. "When we take water from rivers, floodplains, and watersheds, those ...

Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada, announced $1 million in funding over two years to help the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq expand its ...