News tagged with river thames
In Britain, green squatters seize island
Apr 30, 2009 |
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A bucolic, sun-dappled island in the river Thames seems an unlikely setting for an environmental and lifestyle standoff -- but that's what green squatters are staging.
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Rare seahorses spotted in Thames
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Apr 08, 2008 |
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British conservationists say rare short-snouted seahorses have been spotted in the River Thames.
Archaeologists uncover prehistoric landscape beneath Oxford
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists excavating the former Radcliffe Infirmary site in Oxford have uncovered evidence of a prehistoric monumental landscape stretching across the gravel terrace between the Thames ...
Controversy surrounds British water plant
May 23, 2006 |
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Critics are reportedly increasing their opposition to the construction of Britain's first plant designed to turn salt water into drinking water.
Catastrophic flood separated Britain from Europe: study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2007 |
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A catastrophic megaflood separated Britain from France hundreds of thousands of years ago, changing the course of British history, according to research published in the journal Nature today.
Scientists discover Amazon river is 11 million years old
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered that the Amazon river, and its transcontinental drainage, is around 11 million years old and took its present shape about 2.4 million years ago.
Pair of avocets breeding in London
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Jul 02, 2006 |
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London has a treat for birdwatchers this year -- the first breeding pair of avocets in living memory.
Tower of London ravens are moved indoors
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Increasing fears of bird flu have prompted British officials to move the Tower of London's famous ravens indoors to protect them.
Widespread occurrence of intersex bass found in US Rivers
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Intersex in smallmouth and largemouth basses is widespread in numerous river basins throughout the United States is the major finding of the most comprehensive and large-scale evaluation of the condition, ...
River flow and temperature limit trout numbers
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Over a 23-year study, Javier Lobón-Cerviá has found the mechanism that controls the number of salmonids found each year in Cantabrian rivers. His method has been to monitor population numbers ...
Round Goby invade Great Lakes
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Canadian scientists uncover alarming invasion of round goby into Great Lakes tributaries: impact on endangered fishes likely to be serious.
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