Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology alumni, and Innovator, Erick Gathirwa Kariuki, has developed a biofuel innovation by harnessing the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) into a ...

Dubbed the 'Terror of Bengal,' water hyacinth devastates ecosystems by choking waterways. Yet, this invasive plant surprisingly offers significant medicinal benefits ...

California's Department of Water Resources (DWR) on Thursday issued a warning about an invasive species damaging the state's waterways, including its reservoirs. From the "depths of the darkest swamps ...

Microplastics are pervasive in the environment and often so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye. Removing them has been a big challenge, but recent research finds that water hyacinths can be ...

Water hyacinth is a very aggressive invader and can form thick mats covering the entire surface of the water; they can cause oxygen depletions and fish death. “Apart from hampering boat movement; ...

NAIVASHA, Kenya — For someone who fishes for a living, nothing says a bad day like spending over 18 hours on a lake and taking home nothing. Recently, a group of fishermen were said to be stranded on ...

A 25-year-old ecologist from Tiruchi has shown that water hyacinth, the invasive weed choking rivers and tanks across South Asia, can produce more paper with less water and chemical use than wood pulp ...

For someone who fishes for a living, nothing says a bad day like spending over 18 hours on a lake and taking home nothing. Recently, a group of fishermen were said to be stranded on Kenya's popular ...