The Guardian
Britain’s rivers are suffocating to death
3 min read · Jul 21st · 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
National Geographic
A legendary Arizona river is under threat
5 min read · Jul 13th · Record heat in Phoenix adds pressure on the Salt River, a humble waterway with an ancient history.
Guardian Environment
Laws of nature: could UK rivers be given the same rights as people?
6 min read · Jul 17th · 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
Guardian Environment
Illegal sewage discharge in English rivers 10 times higher than official data suggests
3 min read · Jun 14th · Underreporting by water companies and failure to hold them to account have resulted in ecological damage, analysis shows
river-runner.samlearner.com
River Runner
May 15th · Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
BBC Future
The rivers that 'breathe' greenhouse gases
7 min read · Mar 24th · Rivers are a surprisingly large source of greenhouse gases, and water pollution makes their emissions many times worse.
emergencemagazine.org
River at the Heart of the World
~15 min read · Mar 17th · 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.
The Conversation
Why we should release New Zealand’s strangled rivers to lessen the impact of future floods
5 min read · Feb 23rd · 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.
riverrelief.org
The Missouri River Ice Jam of 2021
7 min read · Feb 22nd · by Steve Schnarr This past week in mid-Missouri, we’ve been witnessing a rare winter phenomena on the Missouri River. Usually several times a year the river begins to flow with pancake ice, those…
National Geographic
Parisians want to recover a legendary river now buried under concrete
7 min read · Feb 3rd · The Bièvre flowed through Victor Hugo’s Paris. Conservation efforts may bring the historic river back.
The Washington Post
The rivers run through it, and Jon Tester wants them protected for Montana
6 min read · Jan 25th · As the state’s population booms and its politics shift, proposed federal legislation would safeguard hundreds of miles of iconic waterways.
mic.com
Scientists don't know why one-third of U.S. rivers have turned yellow or green
2 min read · Jan 4th · Satellite images of rivers across the U.S. have revealed a troubling color-changing trend: Over the past three decades, one-third of formerly blue rivers have turned a shade of yellow or green. The…
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The Color of US Rivers
2020-12-22 · Select Map Data Modal Color (nm) Trends Seasonality Click on a river reach to change plots on the right
Guardian Environment
Pet flea treatments poisoning rivers across England, scientists find
3 min read · 2020-11-17 · Discovery is ‘extremely concerning’ for water insects, and fish and birds that depend on them
BBC Future
The rebirth of a historic river
~11 min read · 2020-11-12 · For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the United States has had to contend with historic dams – and now four of them are set to be taken down.
The Washington Post
Afloat on a tranquil river, paddlers dip into a different kind of current events
6 min read · 2020-11-15 · By boat or on foot, exploring the watersheds that tie us together is a remedy for the pressures of the pandemic.
