Hydropower is a rapidly developing and globally important source of renewable electricity.
Globally, over 60% of rivers longer than 500 km are already fragmented and thousands of …

There remains a persistent concern that freshwater biodiversity is in decline and being
threatened by pollution. As the UK, and particularly England, is a densely populated nation …

Studies have reported widespread declines in terrestrial insect abundances in recent years,,–
, but trends in other biodiversity metrics are less clear-cut,–. Here we examined long-term …

Organic-inorganic hybrid heterojunctions have the ability to efficiently remove trace
pollutants from water due to efficient photosensitivity. In this work, an organic–inorganic …

Humans impact terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems, yet many broad-scale studies
have found no systematic, negative biodiversity changes (for example, decreasing …

Aquatic macroinvertebrates, including many aquatic insect orders, are a diverse and
ecologically relevant organismal group yet they are strongly affected by anthropogenic …

Climate change is interacting with water resource pressures to alter the frequency, severity
and spatial extent of drought, which can thus no longer be considered a purely natural …

About 60% of Europe's rivers fail to meet ecological quality standards derived from
biological criteria. The causes are manifold, but recent reports suggest a dominant role of …

Abstract Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are outbreaks of aquatic toxic microalgae emerging
as a global problem driven by nutrient enrichment, global climate change and invasive …

Solar-driven seawater desalination has received massive attention as it holds great promise
to solve the worldwide freshwater and energy issues. The key of this technology relies on …