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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

Welsh wetland under ecological threat from upstream river pollutants

26 June 2023

New scientist visits Teifi Marshes, a Welsh nature reserve at risk of ecological damage as upstream river pollutants accumulate in the wetlands


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.


Feargal Sharkey: We’re destroying every river in the country

Feargal Sharkey: We’re destroying every river in the country

14 March 2023

Feargal Sharkey discusses the shocking state of Britain's rivers and the failures that have led us to a looming ecological catastrophe


Icefin under Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf

Melt rate of Antarctic 'doomsday glacier' slowed by freshwater layer

2 March 2023

The melt rate of Antarctica's 'doomsday glacier' may be slowed by a freshwater layer, suggest new research by the British Antarctic Survey


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.


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