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Activist angler, Jim Murray

Jim Murray: The 'activist angler' collecting data to improve rivers

17 July 2023

Meet Jim Murray, an 'activist angler' who is campaigning to improve Britain's waterways through the collective power, and data-collecting abilities of anglers up and down the country


RRS Sir David Attenborough

RRS Sir David Attenborough prepares for first Antarctic science voyage

14 July 2023

On board the RRS Sir David Attenborough as it undergoes sea trials ahead of its maiden Antarctic science voyage


The river Teifi at Cenarth falls, Wales

The river Teifi: How agricultural waste is destroying this Welsh river

22 June 2023

In this film, environment reporter Madeleine Cuff travels the length of the river Teifi in Wales to find out some of the issues that waterways like this are facing and what we can do to protect them


Cwmystwyth mines and the river Ystwyth in Wales, UK

Mine waste and rivers: The legacy toxins re-entering our waterways

18 June 2023

The UK is home to thousands of abandoned mines which, far from benign relics, are at the heart of a modern pollution problem that could threaten our rivers, our livestock, and even human health


New Scientist reporter, Graham Lawton inside London's Tideway super sewer

Inside London's super sewer: Keeping raw sewage out of the Thames

2 June 2023

New Scientist visits London’s new super sewer, a monstrous 25km concrete pipe designed to prevent the discharge of raw sewage from entering into the river Thames


Albania's Vjosa river from above

Albania's Vjosa river: The last wild river In Europe

1 June 2023

Albania's Vjosa river, free of human-made impediments, is a rare sight in Europe. New Scientist's, Graham Lawton explains why this free-flowing river is so important.


The future of food: How to farm insects for a growing population

The future of food: How to farm insects for a growing population

13 January 2023

Will we be eating insects in the future? New Scientist's Alex Wilkins recently took a look inside a huge vertical insect farm in France to see what the future of food might look like and taste like.


Antarctica from space

Antarctica research finds microplastic in every sample tested

29 November 2022

It had been assumed that Antarctica is a pristine continent untouched by human waste. Now, results from a 2019 voyage to Antarctica show the wide prevalence of microplastics on the continent


Lava flow — Northeast rift zone eruption of Mauna Loa

US Coast Guard flies over Hawaii’s erupting Mauna Loa volcano

29 November 2022

The US Coast Guard has conducted a fly-over of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano


US President Joe Biden delivers a speech during the COP27 summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 11, 2022. - Biden arrived at UN climate talks in Egypt today, armed with major domestic achievements against global warming but under pressure to do more for countries reeling from natural

Watch Joe Biden address the COP27 conference in Egypt

11 November 2022

US president Joe Biden addresses the COP27 climate conference in Egypt


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