disappearingwest.org
Disappearing Rivers
Mar 29th · The rivers of the American West have shaped the pattern of human development across the region. In turn, human activities are rapidly changing the rivers that sustain them. Today, nearly half - 49% -…
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NPR
Reporter's Notebook: Fall On A River In The Adirondacks
2 min read · 2021-09-27 · NPR's Brian Mann sends us an audio postcard from a canoe trip down a wild river in New York, in search of autumn color.
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The Washington Post
Opinion | America’s rivers need help. I should know — I swam in 108 of them this summer.
2021-10-03 · Competing in a fun, absurd challenge revealed plenty of natural beauty, but way too much that was just disgusting.
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Orion Magazine
A River Reawakened
8 min read · 2021-09-22 · In this web exclusive, a filmmaker witnesses ten years of rewilding Washington State's Elwha watershed.
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The New York Times
A Journey Along the River That Separates Russia From China
6 min read · 2021-09-24 · As he neared 80, the travel writer Colin Thubron took a trip along the 10th longest river in the world, chronicled in “The Amur River.”
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Guardian Environment
River of life: zoo’s yearly count finds seals thriving on Thames
3 min read · 2021-09-06 · Hundreds of dozing seals show how much cleaner the river is since it was declared dead in the 1950s
Reader View · Shared by 29, including Jane, Svein Tveitdal, Robert Macfarlane, Dr Heather Browning
Collider
River Review: Jennifer Peedom's Eco-Documentary Flows with Grace and Beauty
3 min read · 2021-09-04 · Much like her subject matter, Jennifer Peedom’s film is capable of both tranquility and devastating power.
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Bloomberg
How Johannesburg’s Dirty Little River Could Help Ease Water Woes
2021-08-23 · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg.
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The Guardian
Britain’s rivers are suffocating to death
3 min read · 2021-07-21 · Water that should be crystal clear has become a green-brown slop of microscopic algae because of industrial farm waste, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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National Geographic
A legendary Arizona river is under threat
5 min read · 2021-07-13 · Record heat in Phoenix adds pressure on the Salt River, a humble waterway with an ancient history.
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Guardian Environment
Laws of nature: could UK rivers be given the same rights as people?
6 min read · 2021-07-17 · As more and more countries grant natural features or ecosystems legal personhood, the UK’s fight to pass nature rights laws is quietly gaining pace
Reader View · Shared by 28, including John Freeman, Svein Tveitdal, Jane
Guardian Environment
Illegal sewage discharge in English rivers 10 times higher than official data suggests
3 min read · 2021-06-14 · Underreporting by water companies and failure to hold them to account have resulted in ecological damage, analysis shows
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river-runner.samlearner.com
River Runner
2021-05-15 · Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
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BBC Future
The rivers that 'breathe' greenhouse gases
7 min read · 2021-03-24 · Rivers are a surprisingly large source of greenhouse gases, and water pollution makes their emissions many times worse.
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emergencemagazine.org
River at the Heart of the World
~15 min read · 2021-03-17 · Arati Kumar-Rao ventures into a forested river gorge in the hidden land of Pemakö, which exists deep within the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist belief system.
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The Conversation
Why we should release New Zealand’s strangled rivers to lessen the impact of future floods
5 min read · 2021-02-23 · Given climate change predictions of more extreme floods in New Zealand, it's time to change management practices to work with a river, allowing it room to move and its channels to adjust.
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