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In Pulinkunnu, a village in Kerala’s Alappuzha district’s Kuttanad region, the waters that once supported livelihoods are now ...
As India’s rivers grow toxic, a grassroots revival powered by aquatic plants and ancient community wisdom offers a natural ...
Researcher Pooja Singh and her colleagues have developed biodegradable sanitary pads from water hyacinth, an invasive species that clogs waterways and threatens native aquatic plants and fish.  ...
Once hyacinth flowers are spent, the bulbs must be handled correctly to encourage them to bloom again. Learn what to do with ...
Stewards of Lake Seminole is a non-profit organization that works to secure money to manage invasive species on Lake Seminole ...
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is a floating aquatic plant native to the Amazon Basin in South America. It produces striking, lavender-blue flowers and glossy, green leaves that float on ...
Water hyacinths are an aquatic plant that's native to South America and is often considered invasive outside of its native range. The plants may look beautiful along Louisiana's bayous and swamps ...
Previous studies have shown that water hyacinth can also absorb microplastic, but less well-understood is how they do it and why the plants aren’t harmed in the process. The new study from China ...
Despite earlier claims that the river would be cleared from water hyacinth within a month, LMC has failed to control the invasive plant’s rapid ... oxygen and threatens aquatic life.” ...