Removing debris after Hurricane Helene is necessary, but scraping rivers clean isn’t the answer. Hurricane Helene left debris across rivers in western North Carolina. In Henderson County, crews and ...
A grassroots alliance called Swimmable Cities is working to make polluted urban waterways clean enough for recreational use ...
Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Most Eastern North Carolinians don’t think too much about the area’s rivers on a daily basis. But they have a big impact on the economy and ecology of the region we call home ...
The federal government has restated its commitment to protecting Nigeria’s rivers and improving public health through cleaner waterways, as the country joined the rest of the world to mark the 2025 ...
Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...