Planet Earth stories

There are 37 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Rivers and lakes".

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1. How can we work with nature to reduce flood risk?


2. Antibiotic resistance must be tackled in the field


3. New breakthrough helps trace river pollution


Tags: Rivers and lakes, Pollution, Farming, Water
4. Wonderstuff

Dave Reay explores the tangled web of nitrogen and global climate change.

Tags: Earth system, Environmental change, Pollution, Rivers and lakes
5. Changing channels


Tags: Environmental change, Flooding, Hazards, Rivers and lakes, UK
6. Scouring Bangladesh


Tags: Rivers and lakes
7. Working together for clear water


Tags: Pollution, Rivers and lakes, Soils, Water
8. Podcast: Drugs and marine life

This week in the Planet Earth podcast, Alex Ford and Stephen Short of the University of Portsmouth explain why we need to understand the effects of contraceptives, anti-depressants and other prescription drugs on marine organisms to protect our environment.

Tags: Adaptation and mitigation, Ecology, Fish, Marine life, Podcasts, Pollution, Rivers and lakes, UK
9. Podcast: How river bank erosion affects livelihoods

This week in the Planet Earth podcast, Greg Sambrook Smith of the University of Birmingham reports from Bangladesh on the effects of river bank erosion on the local people living alongside the Brahmaputra River.

Tags: Adaptation and mitigation, Environmental change, Mapping, Podcasts, Rivers and lakes
10. From the age of the dinosaurs?


Tags: Evolution, Genetics, Marine life, Rivers and lakes

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