Lakewood officials say a pilot program for floating wetlands helped fight harmful algal blooms.

Artificial floating wetlands naturally filter water from contaminants and excess nutrients. There are about a dozen in the state, and the Missouri Department of Conservation wants to add more. On a ...

Five small islands roughly the size of backyard swimming pools float next to the concrete riverbank of Bubbly Creek, a stretch of the Chicago River named for the gas that once rose to the surface ...

On the Charles River near the Longfellow Bridge, something unusual is floating. At first glance it looks like a small island, but this patch of green is actually a science experiment with big ...

Researchers are monitoring a floating wetland at Shilshole Bay Marina to study its potential as habitat for juvenile salmon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An innovative new project has joined the fish, plants and other critters at Fellows Lake, where state and Springfield area ...

If we were to travel back in time, Greenfield Lake would look quite different than it does today. First dammed in the 1700s, the 100 acre, manmade lake was originally used in rice production. However, ...

A litany of solutions exist that can rid the region’s waters of contaminants and persistent algae blooms, yet one contender remains relatively unknown. It’s simple, maybe a little slimy, inexpensive ...

Artificial wetlands like the one in the Charles River can remove phosphorus from polluted urban waterways, create new habitats for fauna and beautify some of the muckier parts of our rivers. Why it ...

The Cook County Forest Preserves Fisheries Division is piloting a nature-based solution to treat a water quality issue.