A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger, open body of water. It is typically associated with the ocean, such as coastal lagoons and coral reef lagoons. Lagoon also can be used to describe shallow areas of liquid waste material as in...

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature. Thus, the enclosed body of water behind a barrier reef or barrier islands or enclosed by...

Byline: Rick Mooney A Nebraska dairy producer takes a new approach to treating wastewater by Rick Mooney Sometimes, solving the big problems requires patience. Just ask Rick Roberts. For nearly a decade, the McCook, Neb., dairy producer worked to...

A five-year study in Australia concerning the environmental impact of prawn trawling in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park found a significantly higher degree of biological diversity on the seabed in deep waters between reefs and between the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland...

It's been a decade since North Carolina banned pork farmers from building new hog waste lagoons.In that time, environmentalists have tallied the ponds' damage to rivers and land, and neighbors have complained about their overpowering stench. Scientists have proposed new ways to deal with the...

Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas and the Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council are embarking on a project to turn the island's East End lagoon into an environmental education center.The beach-front grassland, which was targeted for development in the past, is home to numerous bird species and...