In the sprawling northern Mojave Desert, near the border of California and Nevada in the US, is Death Valley – an area known for its “extremes” and perhaps most famously for being the location of the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
A Georgia resident has died from a rare “brain-eating amoeba,” the state’s health department confirmed last Wednesday. The resident likely became infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond in Georgia, the health department said. “Naegleria fowleri” is a rare infection
A vampiric, ray-finned fish is reportedly startling fishermen and tourists in the Great Lakes, but an aquatic wildlife organization says it has gotten the population under control despite recent sightings. Sea lampreys, an eel-like parasitic fish that’s native to the Northern Hemisphere,
flashflash Canada has pledged a significant increase in spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration also has boosted funding for the shared waters. Following their discussion Friday
Melting mountain glaciers pose a growing flood risk to some 15 million people around the world, researchers said in a report published on Tuesday, with communities in Asia facing the biggest danger. Runoff from melting glaciers often pools in shallow lakes, held