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 ...

A Muscovy cuck is silhouetted against the pond at Girard Park, where a green layer of duckweed has recently blanketed the pond surface, Tuesday, September 19, 2023, in Lafayette, La. Ross Gresham, ...

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 ...

Under the right conditions, duckweed essentially farms itself. Wastewater, ponds, puddles, swamps—you name it. If there's enough sunlight and carbon dioxide, the aquatic plant can grow freely. But ...

Duckweed has returned to cover Schwan Lake in Live Oak. Officials from the County of Santa Cruz Environmental Health say the duckweed bloom looks like a harmful cyanobacteria bloom from afar but it is ...