Microplastics are pervasive in the environment and often so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye. Removing them has ...

From Assam’s overflowing wetlands to a growing eco-startup, Rupankar and Aniket have crafted a new future, turning water ...

Environmental activists and experts in Coimbatore raise concerns over water hyacinth growth due to pollution, urging sewage ...

On Lake Naivasha, Kenya, fishermen face growing challenges due to the invasive water hyacinth ... aquatic life. Despite attempts to control it by mechanical removal or biological means, the plant ...

The water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), native ... plant can spell trouble for native plants in a lake or pond. "Submerged native plants become shaded and often die," the Earth Observatory ...

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Native to South America, water hyacinth forms dense mats that can double in size in 6-18 days, according to the University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, which called it "the ...

Rapidly spreading Salvinia molesta clogs waterways, endangers aquatic life, and exposes the impact of sewage leaks and poor ...

South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from the United States in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia minima, an alien species of aquatic plant native to South America that is chok ...

The plant is steadily taking over freshwater bodies in the northern region of South Africa, suffocating aquatic life ... also long been battling with a water hyacinth invasion, another problematic ...