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Reservoir, human activity impact Ravi River's surface water availability by fivefold

What does a healthy river look like? For most of us, an obvious answer would involve two aspects: water flowing through a channel and green vegetation along its banks. However, in reality, a river's health depends on several factors, such as how much water flows through it, how water moves through the landscape, how that flow changes with the seasons, how sediment moves downstream, how often it spills into its floodplain and how these processes change with the seasons.

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El Niño-driven drought in Papua New Guinea a ‘national crisis’ as rivers dry up and local farms fail

As many as eight million people have been affected by the cascading issues of food shortages, electricity loss and health clinic closures

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San Juan River at Shiprock

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What are the unanswered questions around the River Tyne nurdle spill?

The spill of 18 tonnes of plastic pellets happened in July but there is still a lot we do not know.

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Another mining-linked pollution incident raises alarm over Zambia’s Kafue River

Recurring mining pollution in Zambia’s Kafue River is raising concerns for downstream communities following a second recent spill.

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Limited waste collection services in rural communities linked to high microplastic levels in Mekong River

Plastics are accumulating in ecosystems around the world, and their tiny fragments can collect and carry chemical pollutants and pathogens into plants, animals and people. When fishermen in Cambodia's Mekong River became alarmed about the amounts of plastic they were hauling up with each catch, they reached out to scientists for help.

bbc.co.uk

River Taff fuel pollution spreads 2 miles from Taffs Well

Public Health Wales advises people living nearby to shut their doors and windows due to the smell.

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Colorado River drought drives unprecedented pattern of groundwater loss

Declining Colorado River flows and falling water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead are highly visible signs of the Southwestern megadrought.

earth.com

Mississippi River pollution is drifting 125 miles offshore and harming one of America’s healthiest coral reefs

Corals at the Flower Garden Banks record 270 years of Mississippi River nitrogen, with the highest levels appearing in disease-outbreak years.

earth.com

Europe’s rivers are getting cleaner, but not nearly fast enough

European rivers carry less organic waste and phosphate than in 2015, but only Slovenia is cleaning up fast enough for its 2030 water targets.

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European rivers are improving, but not fast enough to meet 2030 goals

The quality of European rivers has improved in recent years, but not at the pace required to meet the environmental targets set for 2030. This is one of the main conclusions of a study led by researchers María Pachés Giner and Remedios Martínez from the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

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Myanmar's mines pollute Thai rivers

Vast tracts of Thai farmland have been poisoned by chemicals linked to mining in Myanmar, With toxins carried into Thailand by at least six transboundary rivers. A Mongabay investigation has found more than 50 companies in Thailand importing minerals from Myanmar’s polluting mines. Antimony, copper, lead, manganese, tin, tungsten and other critical minerals worth millions […]

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The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next?

Lake Mead is at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years ago, Lake Powell also at a historic low

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Truckee River microplastics rise nearly tenfold during high spring flows

The ubiquitous plastics of modern life are degrading into tiny fragments and littering Earth's landscapes and waterways. Scientists are starting to examine and measure this phenomenon to better understand how microplastics move through the environment and ultimately affect human and environmental health. A new study focuses on the Truckee River, which stems from the clear blue waters of Lake Tahoe and traverses Reno and Sparks, Nevada, before reaching Pyramid Lake. The research sought to illumin

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