It’s no news that microplastics are invading our oceans and through biomagnification, our food chains. But a recent study published in the journal Nature Geoscience says that microplastics aren’t only ...

Tree-felling in the Amazon rainforest is partly to blame for pollution that is plaguing UK rivers such as the Wye, a new report suggests. It points the finger of blame at soy which is imported from ...

Could this vision of the ‘Great Stink’ in the Thames really come true? (Picture: Utility Bidder) Sewage pollution in UK rivers has become a major problem, but it isn’t always that visible, with ...

A chemical that scientists worry might have an impact on human reproduction has been found in rivers across the UK. Researchers from York University analysed samples from 32 rivers in all the UK's 4 ...

All of the UK’s rivers are now polluted with sewage, with campaigners warning of a “toxic chemical soup” in our waters. Leading campaign group Surfers Against Sewage is calling on the government and ...

Thousands of people took to the UK’s seas and rivers recently in a nationwide “paddle-out” protest to demand an end to sewage spilling into the country’s waterways. The campaigners were largely ...

12:14, Fri, May 23, 2025 Updated: 12:15, Fri, May 23, 2025 High river temperatures this baking-hot spring are sparking fears for the future of the UK's freshwater fish, an environmental charity has ...

Google has begun adding UK rivers and canals to its Maps service. The search engine giant is also incorporating details of the country's locks, bridges and towpaths in a bid to encourage users to ...

WHEN I visited the river Derwent in Yorkshire in March, the landscape wasn’t as I remembered it from my youth. Normally, the floodplains would be inundated with water and the whole river system feel ...

Water samples from UK rivers contained significantly higher concentrations of microplastics downstream from wastewater treatment plants, according to one of the first studies to determine potential ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 14, 2017) Tests of waterways in the United Kingdom (UK) reveal rivers contaminated with neonicotinoids, the class of chemicals highly toxic to bees and aquatic ...