Water Pollution – Page 5

How Venezuela’s Oil Industry has Devastated the Environment

Gas flares and leaking pipelines from Venezuela’s once-booming oil industry, hobbled by U.S. sanctions and mismanagement, are polluting towns and a major lake.

A Giant Stingray in the Mekong River

A 661-pound stingray caught in the Mekong was tagged and tracked. The data is giving scientists new insight into a fragile ecosystem.

A Manhattan Park With a Troubled History Is a Promising Site for Algae Research

The artificial pond in Morningside Park, on the site where Columbia University once tried to build a gym, has been covered with toxic algae for years.

Swimming the Lordly Hudson, All 315 Miles of It

Lewis Pugh, a British endurance swimmer, sees the river as the prime example of how a toxic waterway can be revived.

Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters

Environmental concerns are raised anew about potential contamination from Canadian open-pit mines flowing through the waterways into Montana’s lakes, harming fish.