Tag Archives: rivers

At a tap near you

Posted on July 14, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this article which offers a solution for drinking water: to use charcoal filters which are changed regularly. From The Conversation, Daniel Drage, University of Birmingham Most UK rivers are contaminated by a chemical called trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). This is … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged CFCs, CO2, drinking water, f gas, filters, fluoroform, pollution, rivers, TFAs, warming planet | Leave a comment

Deforestation and Mining, last gasp of the planet

Posted on December 17, 2023 by borderslynn

Countries that benefit from profits from mining and agricultural produce grown in the deforested Amazon should be prosecuted for Ecocide. But the momentum of destruction goes on to provide a short lived benefit of maintaining quality living standards for those … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Amazon, banking, contamination, corporates, destruction, gold, greed, intimidation, land defenders, legality, minining, murder, rainforest, rivers, short term profit | Leave a comment

Disastrous oil spills that wreck our marine life

Posted on March 30, 2023 by borderslynn

Currently we have an oil spill in the UK. It was 200 barrels which leaked into a beautiful marina which is in Poole, Dorset. https://youtu.be/JHVi96DrJwY Then watch the nightmare which is unfolding in the Red Sea. https://youtu.be/pRp2M47LcuE We are irresponsible … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Black Death, environment, harm, irresponsible, marine protection, oil spills, protection of oceans, rivers, sea | Leave a comment

Drought tolerant plants

Posted on October 22, 2022 by borderslynn

Microbes living in and on the roots of plants keep them healthy just as the human gut microbes do. During drought conditions, plants increase the microbes which help them stay alive in drought conditions. Researchers have found they can inject … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged biology of plants, crops, drought, floods, food insecurity, genetics, global food shortage, microbes, research, rivers, seed banks, soil, threats, trade | Leave a comment

Freshwater availability shrinking as we make perverse decisions

Posted on September 24, 2022 by borderslynn

Globally, around 80 percent of freshwater is used for food production and agriculture. Out of all the water covering the earth, only 2 percent is fresh. That remaining 10 to 20 percent is set aside for industry. Urban Africa, with … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agriculture, climate warming, drought, famine, freshwater, glacier melt, industry, lake algae blooms, lake shrinking, lakes, rivers | Leave a comment

Redirecting floodwater into aquifer

Posted on August 22, 2022 by borderslynn

For some years now the pattern of drought followed by flooding is experienced in many countries. Serious reduction in water levels in aquifers causes drinking water shortages. It is therefore necessary to build a system which directs flood waters into … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agriculture, aquifers, california, climate change, dams, drinking water, drought, Farming, food supply chains, hydrology, livestock, Mexico City, rivers, wildlife, world drought, world food | Leave a comment

Will we be Fishless?: Part X

Posted on March 17, 2021 by borderslynn

Humans have thought themselves so clever when using their brains for scientific endeavour. Indeed, we marvel at what chemical inventions have taken place, creating products which were meant for human consumption without any thought that they might be harmful. The … Continue reading →

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Will we be Fishless?: VI

Posted on March 7, 2021 by borderslynn

How Fish are Exposed to Pesticides Fish and aquatic animals are exposed to pesticides in three primary ways (1) dermally, direct absorption through the skin by swimming in pesticide-contaminated waters, (2) breathing, by direct uptake of pesticides through the gills … Continue reading →

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Will we be Fishless?: Part V

Posted on March 6, 2021 by borderslynn

A recent study has illustrated that even Mother Nature with her volcanoes (there are approximately 1,500 known, active volcanoes worldwide) is adding higher levels of mercury than she has to date. There are an unknown number of volcanoes on the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged coal burning, food chain, food production, health dangers, hydraulic placer gold mines, marine life, mediterranean, mercury, mercury measurement, mount etna, oceans, rivers, science, sicily, soil, toxicology, volcanoes, water, wildfires | Leave a comment

Will we be Fishless soon?: Part II

Posted on February 28, 2021 by borderslynn

I often see livestock standing happily in rivers and streams. They are innocent, the farmers are not. We learned centuries ago that livestock, particulary dead livestock, in water courses leads to contamination of all water which was once running pure … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged clean water, climate change, fish health, flooding, human health, land management, livestock management, oceans, pollution, responsible farming, rivers, seas, sewage, shanty towns, streams, water courses, water treatment | Leave a comment

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