April 11, 2019 — The water tastes salty and the rice barely grows in the coastal villages of the Ca Mau peninsula at the southern tip of Vietnam’s Mekong River delta. Thi Tran, a young woman who farms ...

The increasing salinity in freshwater habitats—rivers, lakes, wetlands, etc.— is a global threat to the conservation of biodiversity and the natural habitats of the world. Human activities such as ...

Soil salinization is the most diffuse form of soil degradation in drylands, where it represents a rising threat to crop production and ecosystem functioning. While aridity is thought to be the main ...

Global warming has accelerated lake salinization, driving changes in microbial community structure and function. However, the dynamics of viral communities in response to salinity remain unclear. Here ...

A new Coordinated Research Project has been launched to develop Climate-Smart Agricultural practices to manage and restore salt-affected soils in agricultural land. The IAEA, through the Joint ...

This week marked the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, highlighting the importance of accelerating progress to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land around the world. The IAEA ...

William Hintz likes to think of the complex connections making up our environment as a series of dominoes. “You push one domino and many other dominos fall — even though you didn't push them,” Hintz, ...

Freshwater ecosystems around the world are becoming saltier and saltier. Many human-driven factors contribute to freshwater salinization, including: irrigation, oil extraction, potash mining, and road ...

(Phys.org) —Degrading potable groundwater quality is a growing concern in Texas, as about 15 percent of all domestic wells in the state are at risk due to high salinity, according to a recent Texas ...