The rivers of Britain and Ireland are in a desperate state from the impact of pollution, with not a single waterway in England or Northern…
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‘It looked like we were at sea’: UK River and Rowing Museum faces up to climate threat
From the reconstructed riverside of The Wind in the Willows to an historic Georgian rowboat used in the inaugural Oxford-Cambridge race, the exhibits at the…
View More ‘It looked like we were at sea’: UK River and Rowing Museum faces up to climate threatEverything you wish you never needed to know about sewage fungus
What is sewage fungus? It is slimy, murky brown, smells bad, and fills river enthusiasts and anglers with gloom. But it is probably useful to…
View More Everything you wish you never needed to know about sewage fungusEnvironment Agency failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste, court to hear
o The Environment Agency and the UK government failed to protect the River Wye from catastrophic decline by allowing pollution from industrial chicken farming to…
View More Environment Agency failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste, court to hear‘Christmas stink’: UK’s traditional festive swims face rising tide of sewage
Long-established Christmas seaside swimming locations have been flooded with sewage over the last year, prompting concern that swimmers could fall ill. They would not be…
View More ‘Christmas stink’: UK’s traditional festive swims face rising tide of sewageWeather tracker: Parts of Rhine closed to shipping as river levels rise
Water levels on the Rhine were critically high last week, after heavy rain across the catchment area and the snow melt that followed. Parts of…
View More Weather tracker: Parts of Rhine closed to shipping as river levels riseMost inland bathing spots in England have unsafe pollution levels, report finds
The majority of popular inland bathing spots in England have been found to be unsafe for swimming, according to a report by Surfers Against Sewage.…
View More Most inland bathing spots in England have unsafe pollution levels, report finds‘Shocking and sad’: photographer’s project reveals wildlife lost to pollution in Yorkshire’s River Wharfe
Five years ago, when Mark Barrow started his project to film along the 65-mile River Wharfe in Yorkshire, he captured footage of majestic shoals of…
View More ‘Shocking and sad’: photographer’s project reveals wildlife lost to pollution in Yorkshire’s River WharfeFood, soil, water: how the extinction of insects would transform our planet
Cut an apple in half, and the white flesh reveals a cluster of black pips arranged in the shape of a star. It is a…
View More Food, soil, water: how the extinction of insects would transform our planetKeeping taps on and boosting wildlife: the race to protect the Lake District’s water
The mountainous region surrounding Helvellyn, the Lake District’s third highest peak, gathers a substantial portion of the rainwater that supplies homes, businesses and public buildings…
View More Keeping taps on and boosting wildlife: the race to protect the Lake District’s water