The issue has been linked to health concerns. Scientists issue warning after making surprising findings in major rivers: ...

The shrimp stopped coming up the Calcasieu River after Venture Global built its Liquified Natural Gas terminal. The river’s ...

Globally, two billion people rely on rivers for drinking water, and a quarter of the food we eat depends on them. But our ...

"The pollution is present in all European rivers" studied ... 3,000 particles per second - On the Rhone in Valence, France, the fast flow means there are "3,000 plastic particles every second ...

Microplastics have been found in all major European rivers, highlighting urgent concerns about pollution and plastic ...

The River Teifi has been ranked the fifth most sewage-polluted river in the UK, with 2,232 spills recorded in 2024, lasting over 22,000 hours. In the previous year, the river which forms the ...

Local activists, artists and environmental experts are working together to revive the polluted Jukskei River, one of Johannesburg’s largest rivers, GroundUp reports. The Jukskei River runs through ...

The Tijuana River has for decades been plagued with pollution from Mexico, fouling beaches near the U.S.-Mexico border with raw sewage. The group American Rivers has ranked the Tijuana River the ...

Microplastics are particles that are smaller than a grain of rice – and they are everywhere, according to a sampling campaign ...

Once the most polluted river in America, the James is a living monument to nature's resilience, humanity's capacity for change, and how the most profound answers await us in our backyard.

The river that brings your drinking water might also be delivering pollution — and it's not alone. Contamination, drought, extreme weather and crumbling infrastructure are pushing many of our ...