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From concrete walls to living edges, the Thames is being reshaped to support fish, wildlife, and a healthier urban river.
Labour’s manifesto was largely predicated on economic growth, but the new government faces several problems too serious to wait for growth to kick in.
Wipes could be framed as plastic free and biodegradable, sending a false message that it’s ok to flush them.
The river Thames, like any large body of water, is a distinct jurisdiction with its own laws, customs and histories.
Even in a time with limited alternatives, polluted waterways were not simply accepted without complaint.
Researchers took samples of the River Thames for two years to track levels of microplastics.
Thames Water has mapped its discharges in near real time. But we still need data on the volume of sewage dumped in rivers.
The Met Office has predicted that England is to be affected by flooding this February.
A new survey has revealed an alarming deterioration in the health of the River Thames ecosystem – but some of the recorded changes may be the result of a cleaner river.
Cleaning and reoxygenating the river Thames has helped its biodiversity surge, but there’s still more to be done to make it healthy.
New research published in the journal Nature reveals that more than 1.2 million flow barriers exist on European rivers and that approximately 10% are obsolete.
It’s not just the ocean we need to worry about – plastic is accumulating in the world’s rivers, too.
As climate extremes mount, let’s reflect on Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewage crisis - when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
Climate change plus population growth means the city has to act soon.
Although some experts still disagree about the cause of Prince Albert’s untimely demise, the most likely culprit seems to be the bacterium Salmonella typhi.
It didn’t turn out well for the whale who went to Westminster, but others have made a happy home in British waters.
London’s Victorian sewerage system is creaking and in dire need of renewal. The proposed solution: a 25km “super-sewer”, the Thames Tideway Tunnel, running from west to east across the capital at an estimated…
The flooding of the Thames and Severn rivers over the past week has brought the misery of being flooded to many more people beyond the sodden Somerset Levels. Such a prolonged period of rainfall – the…
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