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El Niño-driven drought in Papua New Guinea a ‘national crisis’ as rivers dry up and local farms fail

As many as eight million people have been affected by the cascading issues of food shortages, electricity loss and health clinic closures

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Rivers are still people in South East Asia despite court showdown Palm Oil Detectives

Healthy rivers are essential for community wellbeing. India and Bangladesh legally recognise rivers as natural persons with rights and powers. Take action!

earth.com

Europe’s rivers are getting cleaner, but not nearly fast enough

European rivers carry less organic waste and phosphate than in 2015, but only Slovenia is cleaning up fast enough for its 2030 water targets.

phys.org

European rivers are improving, but not fast enough to meet 2030 goals

The quality of European rivers has improved in recent years, but not at the pace required to meet the environmental targets set for 2030. This is one of the main conclusions of a study led by researchers María Pachés Giner and Remedios Martínez from the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

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Myanmar's mines pollute Thai rivers

Vast tracts of Thai farmland have been poisoned by chemicals linked to mining in Myanmar, With toxins carried into Thailand by at least six transboundary rivers. A Mongabay investigation has found more than 50 companies in Thailand importing minerals from Myanmar’s polluting mines. Antimony, copper, lead, manganese, tin, tungsten and other critical minerals worth millions […]

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Global water report reveals drying rivers and erratic swings between too little and too much

Rivers across the globe in 2025 had one of the driest years in more than three decades, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It shows a continuation of the long-term decline in Earth's freshwater storage and glacier retreat—trends with serious implications for people and economies in the future.

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Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’

Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?

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The world’s rivers are at breaking point. Can we save them before it is too late?

In this week’s newsletter: As the Guardian launches a year-long project, Our Rivers, we take stock of the issues facing waterways around the world

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Science | AAAS

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More than 6,000 people will take part in the Great UK WaterBlitz this weekend! - Earthwatch Europe

This weekend, more than 6,000 people across the UK are heading out to their local rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and canals as part of Earthwatch Europe’s Great UK WaterBlitz. It will be a huge national effort to understand the health of our freshwater. Armed with simple water quality kits, participants are testing freshwater samples and […]

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Wildfires send arsenic into rivers long after the flames are gone

Arsenic rose in creeks after wildfires in nearly every study reviewed, and the highest water readings came from ground below an old mine.

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Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones

I will calmly read all the threatening letters and await the court case against me. But I will take a stand even if our government won’t, says Jenny Jones, a Green party peer

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Wildfires send arsenic into rivers long after the flames are gone

Arsenic rose in creeks after wildfires in nearly every study reviewed, and the highest water readings came from ground below an old mine.

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In Amazon rivers, fish breathe and ingest plastics

For Amazon fish, oxygen now comes with microplastics.

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Drought, water rationing and dry rivers: our water crisis is here | Peter Gleick

It doesn’t have to be this way. We know what needs to be done

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‘I lose all sense of time in the hypnotic flow’: five writers on their favourite British rivers

From the source to the sea, our writers share their favourite ways to immerse themselves in nature by paddleboarding, canoeing, camping, walking and fishing

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‘I lose all sense of time in the hypnotic flow’: five writers on their favourite British rivers

From the source to the sea, our writers share their favourite ways to immerse themselves in nature by paddleboarding, canoeing, camping, walking and fishing