By Rachael Bunyan Published: 10:47 GMT, 19 December 2023 | Updated: 11:26 GMT, 19 December 2023 Advertisement Astonishing videos show the full scale of the spectacular volcanic eruption in Iceland, with molten lava spewing into the sky from fissures in the ground. The eruption began around 2.4 miles north of […]
Rivers
1836 posts
The Kremlin warned on Friday that the threat of a nuclear World War 3 is imminent. Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and top ally to current President Vladimir Putin, said that “new rivers of blood will flow.” Medvedev added that the world has not been so close to another war […]
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Antarctica has not always been a desolate land of ice and snow. Earth’s southernmost continent once was home to rivers and forests teeming with life. Using satellite observations and ice-penetrating radar, scientists are now getting a glimpse of Antarctica’s lost world. Researchers said on […]
The Thames Water Long Reach sewage treatment works on the banks of the Thames estuary in Dartford, Kent. Millions of litres of raw sewage were dumped into the London river in just two days in 2021 BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images The UK’s capital is number nine in the list […]
Tens of millions of people — more than live in the entire state of Florida — are now exposed to toxic water runoff from metal mining, a new study has found. The report lays bare the devastating impacts that can follow a reckless transition to ‘green’ energy, compounding the ecological damage wrought […]
A dead fish in a river in Maidenhead, UK, in June, thought to have been killed by a lack of oxygen due to the hot weather Maureen McLean/Alamy Stock Photo Rivers in the US and central Europe are rapidly losing oxygen due to rising temperatures, which is putting fish at […]
Emergency oxygenation at a fishery in Worcestershire, UK, last year The Environment Agency English rivers were pumped with emergency oxygen in a last-ditch effort to save fish from dying on almost 100 occasions in the past five years, New Scientist can reveal. Rivers can become deoxygenated for a variety of […]
Overnight, heavy rain soaked Hong Kong and southern China, causing extensive flooding of major streets and even some tube stations. This rainfall caused transportation disruptions and forced school closures. Videos of flooded streets in Hong Kong and neighbouring Guangdong province circulated on social media. Vehicles crossed the flooded highways, and […]