The widespread salinisation of freshwater ecosystems poses a major threat to the
biodiversity, functioning, and services that they provide. Human activities promote freshwater …

Freshwater biodiversity, from fish to frogs and microbes to macrophytes, provides a vast
array of services to people. Mounting concerns focus on the accelerating pace of biodiversity …

The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably
linked,–, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they …

Freshwater fish represent one-fourth of the world's vertebrates and provide irreplaceable
goods and services but are increasingly affected by human activities. A new index …

Rivers support some of Earth's richest biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services
to society, but they are often fragmented by barriers to free flow. In Europe, attempts to …

Knowing where and when rivers flow is paramount to managing freshwater ecosystems. Yet
stream gauging stations are distributed sparsely across rivers globally and may not capture …

Irrigated agriculture accounts for∼ 90% of anthropogenic freshwater consumption, is
deployed on 22% of cultivated land, and provides 40% of global food production. Expanding …

Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and meeting the challenges of this
crisis requires bold goals and the mobilisation of substantial resources. While the reasons …

Rivers suffer from multiple stressors acting simultaneously on their biota, but the
consequences are poorly quantified at the global scale. We evaluated the biological …

Increasing human population, deforestation and man-made climate change are likely to
exacerbate the negative effects on freshwater ecosystems and species endangerment …