At first glance, Biscayne Bay still looks like a South Florida postcard, with pelicans overhead and mangroves along the shore ...

Climate change and sea level rise are altering the chemistry of Biscayne Bay in ways that could threaten South Florida's ...

Stronger El Niño events are more likely when springtime surface waters in the western Pacific Ocean become unusually salty, a new study in Geophysical Research Letters suggests. Traditionally, ...

A recent study led by University of Maryland researchers found that streams and rivers across the United States have become saltier and more alkaline over the past 50 years, thanks to road deicers, ...

Human activities are making the globe saltier, specifically in our soils, freshwater and air, according to a study released Tuesday in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. The excess salt ...

Around the world, the planet’s freshwater is getting saltier. And it’s because of people. For decades, salting roads, fertilizer run-off and... The world’s freshwater is getting saltier. Why? Around ...