Rivers

Back in 2014, before the launch of the Namami Gange program, Mishra sat with Modi to discuss his hopes to clean the Ganges. Mishra’s foundation has since presented its own proposals for treatment projects, but has been ignored. The Pollution Control Board and state government dispute the foundation’s data; Mishra, meanwhile, says that the government’s figures, which are averages of samples taken from across the width of the river, do not reflect the reality experienced by bathers on the ghats, where sewers discharge into…

UK shipyard MMS has added a new member to its fleet of floating-debris collection vessels. The latest Envirocat is the first to clean up waterways without releasing engine fumes into the environment.A 2015 study undertaken by The Ocean Cleanup in 2015 found that two thirds of the plastic waste entering the world's oceans could be traced to just 20 rivers. As well as tackling this suffocating waste problem out at sea, the non-profit also launched a bunch of river Interceptors to stem the tide at its source.While the…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Each year, Philadelphia's waterways are forced to swallow a dirty mix containing 15 billion gallons of untreated sewage and rainwater during storms because of an antiquated city system, according to a report released Thursday by PennEnvironment. The waterways include the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, as…

Mars and Saturn’s moon Titan are of a shared scientific interest: the two worlds boast river channels similar to those on our own planet.Teyonah Parris and John Boyega on Working With Jamie Foxx | io9 InterviewThough Mars’ water networks dried up long ago, Titan’s liquid methane and ethane rivers are still coursing on the moon’s surface today. Both kinds are of scientific interest because they could reveal the role rivers play in shaping the worlds’ environments. Given water’s role in supporting life as we know it, the…

Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers have found that microplastics, particularly polystyrene foam, in Mongolia’s Tuul River carry high levels of heavy metals like copper and chromium. The study reveals that surface features such as holes and biofilms on microplastics enhance the collection of these pollutants, presenting potential environmental risks.Surface cracks and biofilms on plastic particles might help spread pollution.A team led by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied how microplastics in…

The USV in action, using the autonomous capabilities and sensors for underwater and above-water mapping fitted as part of the TAPS project. Credit: © Fraunhofer IOSB Surveying bodies of water precisely is a challenging task. Authorities and port operators are required to provide up-to-date maps of riverbeds and port facilities. Until now, this has required the use of special mapping vessels and a great deal of manpower. It…

Angry readers flooded TikTok and the GoodReads page of an author’s forthcoming book with one-star reviews after the author attacked one particular reviewer for rating the novel four out of five stars. GoodReads seems to have paused reviews of the book in response, freezing the page as it was on Wednesday. The book’s publisher dropped the author in response to the controversy. The author later apologized to the reviewer privately. Welcome to a bona fide BookTok scandal.Mourning the Loss of Addison Rae’s Debut Album | The…

Amazon employees staged a walkout on Wednesday, citing a “lack of trust” in leadership for its back-to-office mandate and to rally the tech giant to do more to curb climate change. The walk-out is tookplace worldwide with 1,900 employees pledged to walk out at 3 p.m. EST, 870 of whom are based in Seattle, however, the company noted in an email to Gizmodo that it currently has 65,000 employees working out of its Puget Sound region headquarters.Prime Day Ain't That 'Green'According to the Seattle Times, the walkout is a…

A sign warning the public of dangerous river conditions is posted alongside the American River in Sacramento, California on May 23, 2023. Photo: Haven Daley (AP)A series of consecutive snowstorms dropped a lot of snow all over California’s mountains this winter. And now all of that snow is finally melting and filling up the state’s rivers. It’s making them larger, faster, colder,and extremely dangerous to swim in.California’s Snowpack Gets a Much Needed Boost | Extreme EarthState safety officials are worried about the…

This year has been a big one for Mars exploration. Not only did Perseverance finish its initial setup for the Mars sample return mission, but China’s Martian rover also discovered possible evidence of water in some of the dunes. All this exciting news continues to grow as Perseverance explores the Jezera Crater, now finding evidence that ancient rivers on Mars may have been wilder than we previously thought. It is a pretty common belief among astronomers that Mars was once home to vast lakes and rivers of…