Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

Along the Pearl River in southern China, a fast-growing industry is churning out cheap clothes and toys that are flooding the world duty-free.

Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth's crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the environment, ...

Dumping stations and dockyards, along with 46 industries and 36 kitchen markets, were identified as major contributors to the pollution.

China was by far the biggest exporter of plastic ... garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes. Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution concluded in ...

The regulator, Ofwat, has been far too weak in dealing with the companies’ failings and the Environment Agency hasn’t done an effective job in policing pollution spills. You would expect that a ...

As many as six people have died of diarrhoea in Puri district of Odisha following the alleged consumption of polluted Daya river water. The state government maintained that the diarrhoea outbreak ...

The river has been vital to India’s cultural and religious identity, especially within Hinduism. Despite numerous efforts over the years to clean the Yamuna, it has become one of the most polluted ...

The map is modelled continuously rather than a river-by-river basis - and 'non' polluted rivers are not shown, to keep the map as simple as possible. Dr Alex, an Earth and environmental scientist and ...

While initially thought to be a 'police incident' the Canal and River Trust has confirmed that a stretch of canal in Tipton has been closed due to a 'pollution incident'. The revelation comes as ...

Severe plastic pollution is poisoning the water ... “Twenty to twenty-five years ago, this river was teeming with Sher Mahi, China Fish, Masher Fish, and more. People loved Sher Mahi, and ...

There are many rivers on earth. According to various sources, their number ranges from 2.5 to 4 billion. Throughout the history of mankind, rivers have been a source of life and prosperity, but the ...