A Bolivian lake that was once an oasis of natural beauty full of thriving wildlife has become a waterless basin full of plastic waste. Lake Uru Uru in western Bolivia is covered in mountains of rubbish including plastic bottles and other man-made garbage for as far as the eye can see. The piles of rubbish … Read more
Prozac that finds its way into waterways could be wiping out fish’s personality, according to a new study out of Australia. More than 250 million antidepressant prescriptions are filled in the US every year, including 20 million for Prozac, known generically as fluoxetine. Traces of the drug typically get into the water when people go … Read more
Antibiotics in rivers ‘risks lives’: High levels in our waterways puts millions in danger by increasing resistance to the drugs, research suggests NHS website warns overuse of antibiotics can lead to emergence of ‘superbugs’ Around 70 per cent of antibiotics we take up end up in the natural environment Drugs then interact with bacteria in … Read more
Rock samples taken from under the Chicxulub crater left by the dinosaur-killing asteroid 66 million years ago could hold the key to the origin of life on Earth. A team of researchers found that the impact of the city-sized space rock produced a network of warm waterways under the crater, which is in the Yucatán Peninsula … Read more
NASA satellite images reveal the once bustling waterways of Venice are now empty during the coronavirus lockdown in Italy Italy was deemed the epicenter of the coronavirus in all of Europe Officials quickly implemented a lockdown on March 9 to limit the spread NASA shared images of Venice from this month and compared it with … Read more