Wetlands like this one in California’s Morro Bay Estuary shelter fish, animals and plants and help control flooding.
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The Supreme Court opens its 2022-2023 session with a high-profile case that has major implications for both wildlife and landowners.
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Water companies recently released raw sewage near more than 100 beaches across Britain.
The Yangtze river bed in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, eastern China on August 23 2022.
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The world’s great rivers are see-sawing from trickles to floods.
There’s a lot of science behind the natural forces that let this guy work his magic at the beach.
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From capillary forces to sand grain shape, the simple mix of sand and water hides the complexity within.
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The UK is no stranger to drought – especially southern England.
Sunscreens for sale at a Walgreens drug store.
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Rising concern about possible environmental damage from the active ingredients in sunscreens could have ripple effects on public health if it causes people to use less of them.
A container ship moves up through the winter ice in the St. Lawrence River, near the Port of Montréal. Approximately 8,000 merchant vessels travel the St. Lawrence annually. The importance of the river in all aspects of the economy is enormous and is expected to increase in the years to come.
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Approximately 8,000 merchant vessels travel the St. Lawrence each year. Its ports have become the catalysts that link trade, development and industrial innovation.
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Federal Labor has pledged to deliver the Murray Darling Basin Plan. But a new report casts serious doubt on that promise.
The twaite shad by Edward Robinson, 1802.
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Migratory fish populations have collapsed worldwide in the last 50 years.
Sudanese demonstrators protest against the construction of the Hidase Dam.
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Giving rivers rights would enable custodians to perform legal acts on the river’s behalf.
A boat propeller encrusted with zebra mussels.
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Zebra and quagga mussels entered the Great Lakes in large ships’ ballast water. Now, local boaters and anglers are spreading them into the southern and western US.
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The project threatens catastrophic harm to one of the world’s most important river systems, and the people who depend on it.
Destroyed: a bridge in the town of Chernihiv near Kyiv in the north of Ukraine.
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Russia’s military machine is finding the terrain in the Donbas region extremely challenging.
Mntafufu Estuary in the northern part of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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Estuaries shelter and offer respite to countless species of birds, fish and mammals.
Satellite image of the Irrawaddy River delta in Myanmar, a major rice growing area.
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Millions of people around the world live on river deltas and are vulnerable when those rivers shift direction. A new study shows why and where these events, called avulsions, happen.
The white ‘bathtub ring’ around Lake Mead, shown on Jan. 11, 2022, is roughly 160 feet high and reflects falling water levels.
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The Colorado River provides water and electricity to 40 million people in the western US, but falling water levels threaten both of those resources.
Colorado River water flows through a canal that feeds farms in Casa Grande, Ariz., on July 22, 2021.
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Agreements negotiated a century ago to share water on Western rivers among states are showing their age in a time of water scarcity.
NASA’s Landsat satellites have been monitoring changes on Earth’s landscape for 50 years.
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When Indigenous peoples lose their river flow to dams, satellite programs like Landsat – which is celebrating its 50th anniversary – can help them fight for their resources.
The River Thames is one of the cleanest major world rivers.
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Cleaning and reoxygenating the river Thames has helped its biodiversity surge, but there’s still more to be done to make it healthy.
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Residents and businesses are considering leaving Lismore for good. The town is now on the brink.