Scientists evaluated nine major European rivers, including the Thames and Tiber, and found microplastics in all of them, according to Phys.org.

All European rivers are polluted," said Jean-François Ghiglione, scientific director at the CNRS in marine microbial ecotoxicology, who led the mission. "We are facing a major pollution." ...

Today, more rivers in Europe have been altered and obstructed by man-made barriers than on any other continent. ... is one of the last major European rivers that still runs wild.

Europe faces a water crisis of its own making, and EU countries aren’t doing enough to avert it — that’s the central message from a major new report on the state of Europe’s water from the ...

"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies published simultaneously yesterday. "The pollution is present in all European ...

Mystery surrounds the mass die-off of fish in a major European river. Laboratory tests following a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River detected high levels of salinity but no mercury poisoning ...

Europe faces a water crisis of its own making, and EU countries aren't doing enough to avert it — that's the central message from a major new report on the state of Europe's water from the European ...

"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies published simultaneously Monday. "The pollution is present in all European ...

"The pollution is present in all European rivers" studied, said French scientist Jean-François Ghiglione, who coordinated the large-scale operation across nine major rivers from the Thames to the ...