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 ...

An innovative new project has joined the fish, plants and other critters at Fellows Lake, where state and Springfield area partners hope to improve water quality and wildlife habitat. The floating ...

GREENE COUNTY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and City Utilities (CU) of Springfield are teaming up to improve water quality at Fellows Lake just north of Springfield by ...

A new international study has endorsed artificial floating wetlands as a sustainable and cost-effective solution for improving water quality in rivers, lakes and wastewater systems. Led by scientists ...

Floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) represent an innovative, nature‐based solution that utilises buoyant platforms to support emergent macrophytes, whose roots directly interact with the water column ...

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 ...

New research is helping to remediate the 'indestructible' PFASs as scientists show that Australian native plants can significantly remediate PFAS pollutants through floating wetlands to create ...

EASTON, Md.- The wetland floats in the pond off of Bay street in Easton once looked artificial, but today it's a different story. The plants have taken over helping it look much more natural. Jeffery ...

GUAYMAS, Sonora — Sprawled at the water’s edge, Dr. Jaqueline García Hernández uses one leg to help stabilize a yellow kayak holding her colleague, Germán Leyva, who is floating precariously on a ...

PROVIDENCE – The first thing you notice is the bamboo frame rising high above Polo Lake in Roger Williams Park. Up close, you see the cardinal flowers, blue vervain, mountain mint and other colorful ...