Excess nutrient inputs and climate change are two of multiple stressors affecting many lakes worldwide. Lake Vansjø in southern Norway is one such eutrophic lake impacted by blooms of toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), and classified as moderate ecological status under the EU Water Framework Directive. Future climate change may exacerbate the situation.
HYDERABAD: The historic Neknampur lake will soon become more polluted with local authorities planning to divert municipal sewage to the water body constructed about 450 years ago.
It’s also a first in a major initiative that could be replicated across the region to monitor the rising pollution in its water bodies and put in place preventive measures.
Lake Tanganyika, the second oldest freshwater lake in the world, faces issues of degradation and acute pollution on Burundi’s side, former Burundian environment minister Albert Mbonerane has said.
Nagpur: Flaying the Maharashtra government for its failure to develop Lonar lake, the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Tuesday tersely asked what steps it had taken to promote the world heritag
’ The Ugandan leader expressed common concerns of the EAC heads of state over continuing destructive activities taking place around and within the two important water bodies linking almost all Comm
