Freshwater basins are vulnerable to human-induced change for a number of reasons. The change detection study of Ansupa lake, Orissa was carried out by using multi-temporal satellite data clearly indicates the decrease in wetland area. Due to high anthropogenic pressure, the wetland is shrinking day-by-day.

Lake Victoria, the world's second largest fresh-water lake, is threatened by uncontrolled flow of pollutants into its waters, researchers warned recently. The lake spreads across Tanzania, Uganda and

A new breed of polluter is causing havoc in Lake Tahoe, a freshwater lake in Sierra Nevada, on the border between the us states of California and Nevada. The lake's bed has a two-inch coat of

According to the WWF Living Planet 2002 report, people are consuming more natural resources than nature can produce, and some more so than others. At this rate, the world may soon come to a grinding halt.