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Rivers

29 November 2016

  • Yamuna River

    Is small-scale hydro the answer to India's clean energy needs?

    India wants to encourage more privately owned, small-scale hydropower projects to cut its climate emissions, but questions about environmental impacts remain

13 November 2016

  • A fishing boat on the Danube, a few kilometres from Golubac, Serbia on the border with Romania

    Dirty Danube: looming pollution threats to the world’s most international river

    After barely surviving decades of pollution during the communist era, the Danube is facing new threats from microplastics, pesticides and pharma waste

15 October 2016

  • The ruined farmhouse of Geraldo Nascimento.

    Brazil's dam disaster one year on – in pictures

  • Satellite image from 12 November 2015, one week after the dam collapse

    Samarco dam collapse: one year on from Brazil's worst environmental disaster

22 September 2016

  • Water in the St. Lucie River is covered by a blue-green algae bloom

    The world's threatened rivers - in pictures

  • Fishing And Swimming In India's Most Polluted Yamuna River<br>NEW DELHI, INDIA - AUGUST 02: A boy performs a handstand while others watch him while swimming in the polluted river Yamuna on August 2, 2016 in New Delhi, India. YAMUNA today stands as the most polluted river in India with most of the pollution occurring in the capital city of Delhi. Because of the discharge of industrial effluents and domestic sewage, Delhi is responsible for 80% of the pollution in this river. Despite the toxic capacity of the river, boys from surrounding areas enjoy regular swimming in Yamuna during hot days. PHOTOGRAPH BY Shams Qari / Barcroft Images London-T:+44 207 033 1031 E:hello@barcroftmedia.com - New York-T:+1 212 796 2458 E:hello@barcroftusa.com - New Delhi-T:+91 11 4053 2429 E:hello@barcroftindia.com www.barcroftimages.com

    River pollution puts 323m at risk from life-threatening diseases, says UN

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