Five grab lorries were needed to remove a "carpet" of 80 tonnes of duckweed from a canal. Stourport Basin in Worcester was turned fluorescent green by the tiny, free-floating aquatic plant, and ...

An unwelcome visitor has slithered its way into the waste treatment center of a small Pitt County community. Now the town of Fountain is using its own slimy creature to fight back. The culprit in ...

A new study has revealed both the promise and the complexity of using duckweed as a biological tool for managing nitrogen pollution in rice ...

Shawnee County has a duckweed problem. The small leafy plant is often confused with algae as it covers the surfaces of ponds, lagoons and other still bodies of water. Some say it isn't a problem but ...

Erin is a co-host of "The 4" on WCCO and a two-time Emmy Award-winning reporter passionate about experiential storytelling and taking viewers on an adventure - be it inside a bear den, at the bottom ...

Concerns have been sparked over the build-up of duckweed in a city river after swans were seen struggling through the dense growth. Part of the River Foss around the Fossgate area of York city centre ...

Duckweed, a fast‐growing aquatic plant from the Lemnaceae family, has garnered significant attention as an innovative solution for wastewater treatment and biomass production. Its rapid growth and ...

It is a common mistake for folks to think shallow ponds are green because algae is covering the surface of the water. While algae certainly is present, not all green plants near the surface are algae.