With some climate predictions warning that river water temperatures will exceed safe thresholds for river fish, the Keep Rivers Cool (KRC) campaign is calling for more riverside tree planting.
… Why we need to keep rivers cool with riverside tree planting The Ecologist | 10th August 2016 News Rivers Fish Campaigning Climate Change keeping …
So much methane is bubbling into a river surrounded by hundreds of fracking wells that it's a fire hazard! Local campaigners blame the coal seam gas industry for the gas releases which are spreading along Queensland's river Condamine and gaining in intensity.
… Australian river on fire with fracked coal seam gas The … Gas Climate Change Energy jeremy buckingham river fire and boat-cut.jpg So much methane is bubbling into a river surrounded by hundreds of fracking wells …
The Amazon forest both depends on, and sustains, vast 'flying rivers' that carry humid air and clouds deep into the continental interior, writes Jan Rocha. But scientists fear the flying rivers are failing due to deforestation, fire and climate change.
… Drought bites as the Amazon's 'flying rivers' fail Jan Rocha | 20th September 2014 … Forests Water Farming Science amazon-flying-river-cut.jpg The Amazon forest both depends on, and sustains, vast 'flying rivers' that carry humid air and clouds deep …
Study contradicts Alberta government and industry claims that pollutants are from natural sources and not from the expanding production of oil from tar sands
… Canada tar sands industry ignoring toxic river pollution The Ecologist | 1st September … is causing the toxic pollution of its rivers, but the government of Alberta … a problem. A two-year study of the Athabasca River by ecologists at the University of …
One-in-two chance of fully depleting reservoir storage by 2050, says University of Colorado study.
… Colorado River running on empty by 2050 The Ecologist | … Water Energy Food And Farming Drought coloradoriver.jpg One-in-two chance of fully depleting … lifeblood of the American West, the Colorado River, is running dry under current usage, …
The migrations of wild salmon over thousands of kilometres are an enduring mystery, writes Chris Todd - as are the reasons for a steep and alarming decline in salmon weight, fat and overall condition.
… perhaps only 20g, can leave a Scottish river in springtime, undertake a sojourn of … between one and four years later to their rivers to spawn. This is for good reason. A … and quality of salmon returning to Scottish rivers over the past 50 years. This variation …
Some 60 million people depend on the Mekong River for their livelihoods but sea level rise and severe weather puts the area at risk, as Gratianne Quade's unique film shows
… 2012 Activism Climate Change Flooding Mekong River Hydropower Dams Asia Salinisation … Some 60 million people depend on the Mekong River for their livelihoods but sea level rise … Quade's unique film shows The Mekong River flows through six countries-originating …
America's expanding oil production threatens the pristine Pacific Northwest region of the country with a rash of new oil terminals along the coast, writes Valerie Brown, and hugely expanded traffic of freight trains loaded with hundreds of cars of crude oil heading for California refineries.
… Washington, just across the Columbia River from Portland. Unique ecosystem at risk … such terminal in the region. The Columbia River is the lifeblood of the Pacific … coal trains must pass through the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area , a protected …
The Aral Sea is a well known environmental disaster zone. But this year, it got a whole worse, writes Anson Mackay, as its biggest basin dried up completely to expose a toxic, salty wasteland. With continuing irrigation and declining river flows due to climate change, the desert is only set to expand.
… With continuing irrigation and declining river flows due to climate change, the desert … more people than ever rely on irrigation from rivers that should instead flow into the sea, … amount of water being replenishing through rivers flowing in. It is terminal because …
Beavers to be released into the wild under ‘cautious’ Government plans.
… return of the semi-aquatic mammals to English rivers. The native animals are also set to be … and ensuring support for landowners and river users is in place. Engineers Beavers are … return to England, and are found wild on the River Otter in Devon, the site of a successful …
Study estimates emissions of methane from freshwater systems to be 103 million tonnes per year - equivalent to 25 per cent of all the carbon dioxide absorbed by the world's land areas
… Freshwater lakes and rivers contributing to climate change Tom Levitt | 12th January 2011 News Lakes Rivers Climate Change Methane Greenhouse Gas … land areas Methane emissions from lakes and rivers are a significant factor in the …
China's least talked about crime against Tibet is the damage to the Tibetan plateau: dams, deforestation, mining, poaching and the dumping of nuclear waste. And it is impacting on all of us
… an ongoing mass damming programme on the many rivers flowing from the Tibetan plateau. The … all rise in Tibet. The tributaries of these rivers are vital to millions of people on the … 47 per cent of the world population. The rivers flow into ten countries: China, India, …
From chronic mismanagement to increased demand, Fred Pearce’s analysis of the issues surrounding water supply is compelling and infuriating by turns, says Jeff Holman
… When The Rivers Run Dry: What Happens When Our Water … Climate Change Resources Commodities Books rivers.jpg From chronic mismanagement to … available is easily accessible in lake or river form. This is partly why, says Fred …
A moving cinematic tale of life on Asia’s longest river raises questions about ecology, development and China’s future
… cinematic tale of life on Asia’s longest river raises questions about ecology, … Chang was 24 when he first saw the Yangtze River. It was 2002 and Chang, who grew up in … while Up the Yangtze spans Asia’s largest river and puts one of the world's most …
10:10 Climate Action joined forces with a community in Worcestershire to plant trees that will reduce flood risk and absorb carbon.
… Worcestershire. The village sits between the River Stour and the Worcestershire canal and … a community would experience a storm, a river bursting its banks or huge waves … This increases the severity of flooding as riverbanks are overwhelmed, making floods much …
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The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the Salween Peace Park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture from extractivism and conflict.
… September 2020 | News Myanmar Hydrodams Dams Rivers Climate Change Indigenous Rights … rotationally, allowing nature to recover. The rivers of our Karen territories, including the … mega-hydropower dams on the Salween River. Communities also face threats from …
Many glaciers are melting away at a rapid rate. This could have serious consequences for half a billion people who depend on the ‘eternal snows’ to water their crops and for drinking. But as Jonathan Mitchell reports from Nepal, not everyone appears concerned
… in the Nangpa valley of which the Langmoche river is a tributary, the main trail up the … constant flow of glacial water to feed it’s rivers and of course, the annual monsoon … highly unusual discharges of water along some rivers, such as the Kosi Flood in 2008 - which …
The key to reducing the risk of more floods like those in Carlisle is to realise that conventional 'flood defence' can never provide security against the ever more extreme weather events that global warming will bring. We must embrace natural solutions to holding back flood waters: more trees; and bring back the beavers!
… which aim to constrain floodwaters into river channels, are only ever part of the … by the time the surge of water is in the river channel, it's already too late. The … Park, and the North Pennines AONB, with rivers that drain them converging on the city …
If you want evidence that global warming is happening, you need only look to China. Unseen by the rest of the world, much of the north of the country is turning into a land of droughts, dust storms and deserted villages.
… began to crow. The Death of the Yellow River As Mr Dong suggested, Chinese dust … is illustrated by the fate of the Yellow River – one of the world’s greatest rivers and the largest in China after the …
Arctic warming is releasing ancient organic matter that's been deep-frozen for millennia, writes Tim Radford. And now scientists have discovered its fate: within weeks it's all digested by bacteria and released to the atmosphere as CO2 - with potentially catastrophic impacts on climate.
… News Climate Change Arctic Emissions kolyma-river.jpg Arctic warming is releasing ancient … have checked the mouths of the Arctic rivers for the telltale evidence of ancient … on Duvanny Yar in Siberia , where the Kolyma River sluices through a bank of permafrost to …
Does the Aral Sea, the biggest environmental disaster of the 90s, offer us cause for hope? Paul Miles reports, and sees parallels with a bigger man-made disaster – climate change
… schemes that diverted water from two major rivers, Syr Darya and Amu Darya, to irrigate … continues to drain much of the Amu Darya river for irrigation and is the second largest … the wrath of NGOs such as International Rivers Network. Yet it was a World Bank funded …
Longer than England, almost as deep as the Grand Canyon, Russia's Lake Baikal is one of the world's greatest aquatic wonders, writes Bryce Stewart. But it's a fragile paradise: the limpid waters are warming much faster than the global average, with as yet unknown effects on its ecology. And it faces the danger of a huge dam on its principal tributary, Mongolia's Selenga River.
… its principal tributary, Mongolia's Selenga River. Sweat ran down my face and the scolding … dams, particularly on the Angara, the only river flowing out of the lake, has long been … the lakes edge and in the deltas of inflowing rivers. Likewise changes in water temperature …
Climate change has species on the move, with major consequences for biodiversity and human communities write TERO MUSTONEN and HANNIBAL RHOADES. Building resilience has never been more important and Indigenous Peoples are showing the way
… One such example comes from the Näätämö River, one of Europe's last free-flowing rivers to host wild populations of Atlantic … aquaculture and tourism are potential future drivers of change. Increased temperatures and …
Water scarcity and mis-management in India are creating a significant human and ecological crisis that will only be worsened by climate change
… for all' Patrick McCully from International Rivers agreed. He says the situation has … in water supplies - some decades of swelling rivers and floods and others of severe … drought,’ said McCully of International Rivers. McCully sees an increasing risk of …