What it takes to clean a river

It is the tale of two European rivers. The Rhine and the Danube. No river system in the world has a density of industrial agglomerations …

The Blue Danube

An international convention for protection of the Danube hopes to restore the river's ecosystem

Rivers don't have borders

After having improved the state of the Rhine, Europe is cleaning up the Danube. A lesson for India

Dyke disaster

After 50 complacent years, Europe's state-of-the-art dyke system is softened for the kill by raging riverine floods

The mighty Rhine dries up

A drought blamed on climate change has badly affected the most important river in Western Europe and this has, in turn, impacted inland supplies