Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers

Günther Grill, Bernhard Lehner, Michele Thieme, +30

Nature

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, Werner Kloas, Christiane Zarfl, +2

Global Change Biology

A global boom in hydropower dam construction

Christiane Zarfl, Alexander E. Lumsdon, Jürgen Berlekamp, +2

Aquatic Sciences

EngineeringWater ResourcesDam FoundationCivil EngineeringHydropower +4

Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

Kirk O. Winemiller, Peter B. McIntyre, Leandro Castello, +37

Science

Biodiversity LossBiodiversityRiver Basin ManagementEngineeringWater Resources +13

An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales

Günther Grill, Bernhard Lehner, Alexander E. Lumsdon, +3

Environmental Research Letters

Hydrological PredictionEngineeringGeomorphologyHydrologic EngineeringSocial Sciences +18

Short-term exposure with high concentrations of pristine microplastic particles leads to immobilisation of Daphnia magna

Saskia Rehse, Werner Kloas, Christiane Zarfl

Chemosphere

MicroplasticsBiomagnificationEngineeringDaphnia MagnaEnvironmental Engineering +10

Impacts of current and future large dams on the geographic range connectivity of freshwater fish worldwide

Valerio Barbarossa, Rafael Schmitt, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, +3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiodiversityRiver Basin ManagementFish SpeciesEngineeringWater Resources +13

Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic?

Christiane Zarfl, Michael Matthies

Marine Pollution Bulletin

MicroplasticsOrganic GeochemistryEnvironmental ChemistryBiogeochemistryEngineering +12

The global decline of freshwater megafauna

Fengzhi He, Christiane Zarfl, Vanessa Bremerich, +5

Global Change Biology

Biodiversity LossBiodiversityGlobal DeclineEngineeringWater Ecology +8

Global Water Transfer Megaprojects: A Potential Solution for the Water-Food-Energy Nexus?

Oleksandra Shumilova, Klement Tockner, Michele Thieme, +2

Frontiers in Environmental Science