While alligators are known for inhabiting freshwater, they are also known for inhabiting brackish water, like the Indian River Lagoon.

Researchers find large methane emissions: 'Do not flood low-lying areas with freshwater'. Their studies find that freshwater lakes emit much more methane than saltwater lagoons, bogs and wet meadows.

A lagoon can bounce back surprisingly fast when appropriately flushed. After the record 2022 Murray–Darling floods, South Australia’s Coorong Lagoon’s microbiome shifted back toward its healthier, ...

Climate change is turning coastal lagoons into ‘salty soup’ University of Adelaide. Journal Earth-Science Reviews DOI 10.1016/j.earscirev.2025.105150 ...

A team of geologists drilled through strange formations dotting the Great Salt Lake's drying playa, and were surprised by what they found.

Years of mismanagement, unsustainable urban development, farming and pollution are destroying Europe’s largest salt water lagoon. Despite the recognition of pollution problems in the area, the ...

Over the past 50 years, salt ions have increased in streams and rivers as people have begun using and producing more salts, the study says. The team found that across the globe, about 2.5 billion ...