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A large ship floats on a body of water on a sunny day. The name of the ship, painted on its bow, is Lake Guardian.
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Aboard the Lake Guardian, Scientists Search for Clues About the Great Lakes’ Health

by Grace van Deelen 21 September 202621 September 2026

One of the longest-running lake monitoring programs provides data critical for researchers and resource managers.

Aerial image of the Wanlixi landslide and lake as of 30 July 2026.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The valley-blocking Wanlixi landslide in Taiwan

by Dave Petley 31 July 202631 July 2026

In Taiwan, a large rockslide last month, the Wanlixi landslide, has blocked a river, creating a barrier lake with a volume of about 6 million cubic metres. In Taiwan, a large landslide has blocked the Wanli river in Hualien County. The hazard is being actively monitored by the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, who are […]

One large crater, containing a subcrater, and several smaller craters, speckle a portion of Mars’s surface.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Australian Lakes Showed Us About Martian Hydrology

by Saima May Sidik 27 July 202627 July 2026

Studying the hydrology of the Yilgarn Craton reveals how the Red Planet may have evolved.

A snowy mountain is reflected on a lake.
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Trekking Tourism Leaves a Microplastic Footprint in a High Himalayan Lake

by Saugat Bolakhe 15 June 20261 July 2026

Plastic pollution may ripple downstream, threatening the human and wildlife communities that depend on glacier-fed waters.

Orange and blue tinted waves with sunlight glinting off the surface.
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What Winds Whip Up Otherworldly Waves?

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 May 202621 May 2026

New research goes back to the basics to explain how atmospheric conditions affect the creation of wind-driven waves on other worlds.

Dust clouds rise from a dry, flat expanse of lake bed in front of mountains and a partly cloudy sky in the background.
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Lessons from Linking Great Salt Lake Desiccation and Depression

by Maheshwari Neelam and Kamaldeep Bhui 10 April 20261 September 2026

By melding different expertise and merging disparate datasets, researchers revealed how lake bed dust may be affecting mental health outcomes across Utah.

A lake, seen from a rock on the shore, is mostly covered in ice but beginning to melt. The melting water is purple. On the other side of the lake, a rocky cliffside with evergreen trees is visible beneath a blue sky.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How the Spring Thaw Influences Arsenic Levels in Lakes

by Saima May Sidik 6 February 20266 February 2026

Four lakes near Yellowknife, Canada, show that there’s no one-size-fits-all answer.

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Satellite Data Reveal Changing Lakes Under Antarctic Ice

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 4 November 20254 November 2025

Radar altimetry observations have pinpointed 85 active subglacial lakes, shedding light on how water moves beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

A satellite view of the southwestern coastline of the Netherlands shows a crisscross of rivers, estuaries, and canals.
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The Role of a Ditch in the Matrix

by Emily Gardner 31 October 202531 October 2025

These constructed waterways are often a “no-man’s-land” between terrestrial scientists and limnologists. But ditches’ role in transport, agriculture, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, and even archaeology means it’s time to take a closer look.

The narrow entrance to Stanton’s Cave, about 40 meters above the Colorado River
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An Asteroid Impact May Have Led to Flooding near the Grand Canyon

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 22 October 202522 October 2025

There’s remarkable synchronicity between the timing of a paleolake in what is today Grand Canyon National Park and the formation of nearby Barringer Meteorite Crater.

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