Drying off

Polluted rivers are threatening ecosystems the worldover

CHINA

Gold rush

World's biggest gold valley was flooded by the metal three billion years ago

Ebbing away

Rivers of dispute

Quiet flow the rivers as politics make their waters murky

Missouri dying

Dam row

Drags on between India, Pak

Clash course

Kerala's act may stoke row

Dam deferred

Google in map trouble

Google>> Map • Nicaragua/Costa Rica

Watered down: Almost half of India’s rivers still remain polluted; here is why

India has mostly focussed on cleaning only major rivers; most states have recently started reviving their small rivers, but the progress remains …

Climate change can affect malaria transmission patterns in Africa: Study

Much of the subsequent increase in malaria transmission could be realised by 2041-2070, according to the study

Chalk streams: why ‘England’s rainforests’ are so rare and precious

England’s chalk streams support a wide variety of biodiversity; but anthropogenic pressures are destroying these icons of English culture

Damming rivers is terrible for human rights, ecosystems and food security

Despite industry rhetoric, hydroelectricity is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a post-pandemic recovery and a renewable …

Bihar to change Kosi’s course to save ancient site, says Nitish

Government hasn’t learnt any lessons about a river known to change course itself, say environmentalists

World Rivers Day: Adopt bottom-up approach, says student who cleaned Vadodara stream

Down To Earth talks to Sneha Shahi about the issues facing Indian rivers and her own experience of working with two of them

Kerala: After the deluge, a drought in the works

Major rivers and wells in the state have seen their water levels dip precariously after a terrible flood hit the state in August

Cauvery faces manifold threats in Tamil Nadu

The delta is up against a subsidence threat due to lack of sediment flow from upstream and seawater ingress

Hydropower dams can harm coastal areas far downstream

A study in Mexico on four rivers finds that damming rivers has measurable negative ecologic and economic effects on coastal regions more …

Three rivers are now legally people – but that's just the start of looking after them

Giving legal rights to non-human entities doesn’t mean much if they can’t be enforced

Ganga is a living entity, says Uttarakhand High Court

The only other place in the world to have given rights to a river at par with humans is New Zealand

Bridge over troubled waters

NGOs want an integrated approach to solve water disputes between nations and prevent programme duplication

Cauvery calamity

Promotion of water-guzzling crops like rice is leading to maximum utilisation of river waters in India. The Cauvery dispute between Karnataka and …

The skyway to disaster

The proposed elevated roadway along the Lyari river bed is expected to worsen the already polluted inner city.

Perched atop an abyss

The predatory Nile perch, introduced with all good intentions into the Lake Victoria, is turning out to be the magnificent lake's nemesis