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Environment United KingdomConservation Efforts Bring This River Back to Life
Thanks to nearly two decades of conservation work, the United Kingdom's River Thames is no longer considered “biologically dead,” a declaration that was made 64 years ago when it was so pollution-ravaged that animals could no longer survive in it.
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Animals
Animals USAGood News: Endangered Tiny Fish Escapes Extinction
Under the protection of the Endangered Species Act and countless conservation efforts, a tiny fish has been able to avoid extinction, proving the relevance of the American piece of legislation to protect imperiled species after decades of controversy around its usefulness.
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Animals
Animals USAIn the Cleaned-Up Potomac River, Dolphins Are Living, Mating – and Even Giving Birth
Five decades of pollution control and restoration efforts at the United States’ Potomac River is finally paying off: where dolphins had once long-disappeared, researchers are now cataloging well over a thousand of them in the lower reaches of the river.
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Environment
EnvironmentLife is Back in Thames River with Fish, Seals, and Dolphins
London’s River Thames is teaming with life and has recovered from its biologically dead state since the 1950s. Improved waste systems, stricter environmental regulations, and 393 habitat enhancement projects since 2005 revived the river.