Recent pollution incidents led to the project to constantly monitor water quality along the length of the River Test A scheme to provide real-time pollution monitoring along the entire length of a ...

The way we use water is putting increasing pressure on the natural environment. If we are to protect it for future generations, we need to be saving water right now ...

The world has fewer than 300 chalk streams — and England has most of them. These streams occur only where chalk bedrock meets the Earth’s surface, making them globally rare. Their stable, cool, ...

Chalk-stream salmon should be officially classified as a sub-species, new research suggests. Scientists from the University of Exeter and INRAe (France) carried out detailed genetic testing of salmon ...

Salmon from the chalk streams of southern England are genetically unique, researchers have discovered. The fish are classified as Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), but research by the University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The River Test attracts visitors from around the world for angling but has concerning levels of phosphate - Peter Titmuss Chemical ...

More than 100 campaigners have marched alongside a rare chalk stream, calling for action to protect it from pollution. The Old Basing and Lychpit Environmental Campaign highlighted Thames Water's ...

Surveying shows one of England’s important chalk streams has suffered “a decade of decline”, campaigners warn as they call for more action to protect the globally rare habitat. Monitoring at five ...

Environmental campaigners are calling for greater protection for chalk streams. The streams are one of the world's rarest freshwater habitats and the vast majority are found in England. The London ...