New research finds that sewage release is worse for rivers than agriculture

PHYSorg
Sep 21, 2023, 3:00 am168 pts
Ahead of World Rivers Day (24 September), new research by the University of Oxford reveals that sewage discharge into rivers has a greater impact on water quality, and the animals and plants that live in rivers, than surrounding land use. The findings have been published in the journals Global Change Biology…

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