Trillions of litres of water released into the Murray-Darling Basin to benefit the environment has failed to increase the populations of threatened species, according to…
View More Trillions of litres of water released into Murray-Darling fails to help threatened species, research findsTag: Water
Third of global food production at risk from climate crisis
A third of global food production will be at risk by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at their…
View More Third of global food production at risk from climate crisisWater firms are main source of microplastics in UK rivers, study says
Water companies are causing high levels of microplastic contamination in UK rivers by discharging untreated sewage and wastewater into the water system, new research reveals.…
View More Water firms are main source of microplastics in UK rivers, study saysParched Taiwan prays for rain as Sun Moon Lake is hit by drought
Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake is so low that parts of it have dried and turned to grass. Jetties that normally float are sprawled awkwardly on…
View More Parched Taiwan prays for rain as Sun Moon Lake is hit by droughtReceding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear
As glaciers around the world recede rapidly owing to global warming, some communities are facing a new problem: the sudden disappearance of their rivers. River…
View More Receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappearWorld will lose 10% of glacier ice even if it hits climate targets
A tenth of the world’s mountain glacier ice will have melted by the middle of this century even if humanity meets the goals of the…
View More World will lose 10% of glacier ice even if it hits climate targetsRaw sewage breaches in UK rivers 10 times greater than watchdog estimates
The scale of water companies illegally discharging sewage is 10 times greater than the Environment Agency (EA) estimates, MPs have been told. Peter Hammond, former…
View More Raw sewage breaches in UK rivers 10 times greater than watchdog estimatesSewage island: how Britain spews its waste into the sea
The pandemic has not been the only crisis we’ve been wading through over the past 12 months: 2020 was a banner year in much of…
View More Sewage island: how Britain spews its waste into the seaWater firms discharged raw sewage into English waters 400,000 times last year
Water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers and coastal waters in England more than 400,000 times last year, Environment Agency (EA) data has revealed. Untreated…
View More Water firms discharged raw sewage into English waters 400,000 times last yearVery few of world’s rivers undamaged by humanity, study finds
Rivers in which fish populations have escaped serious damage from human activities make up just 14% of the world’s river basin area, according to the…
View More Very few of world’s rivers undamaged by humanity, study finds