The river that brings your drinking water might also be delivering pollution — and it's not alone. Contamination, drought, extreme weather and crumbling infrastructure are pushing many of our nation's ...

In 2010, DeKalb County officials actively discouraged residents from getting too close to the South River. Signs were posted by the water that said the following in big, bold letters: For decades, the ...

The Danube River tells a devastating tale of environmental degradation spanning multiple decades. At 2850 km, the second longest river in Europe and the most international river in the world with 19 ...

Kai Baucom, a graduate research assistant at Pittsburg State University, lifts a handful of rocks from the bottom of the Spring River and checks for any mussels. The fish and rare mussels hiding in ...

Pollution has damaged many areas in the United States, but one Ohio river proves that time and hard work can help reverse the negative effects. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was once so polluted by the ...

The Tijuana River has for decades been plagued with pollution from Mexico, fouling beaches near the U.S.-Mexico border with raw sewage. The group American Rivers has ranked the Tijuana River the ...

Chemicals from wastewater, such as illicit drugs and byproducts, have been found in the air along the coast near the polluted Tijuana River. Researchers said the pollutants are carried in wastewater ...

(CNN) — At the mouth of the Motagua, Guatemala’s longest river, 40 million pounds (18 million kilograms) of trash pours into the ocean each year. It is one of the most polluted rivers in Central ...

Trout living in rivers polluted by metal from old mines across the British Isles are genetically 'isolated' from other trout, new research shows. Trout living in rivers polluted by metal from old ...

Warning to all recreational swimmers and fishing enthusiasts: Wade into the Susquehanna River at your peril. That’s the cautionary guidance from the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association, which ...

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The men’s and women’s triathlon at the Paris Olympic Games went ahead on Wednesday—including the swimming portion—ending weeks of speculation about the event's fate amid concerns about the pollution ...