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Efforts to prevent the Yellow River flooding may have made it worse

Analysis of flooding on the Yellow River in China suggests that mud barriers intended to prevent flooding resulted in more frequent floods.

Watch how much microplastic flows from our rivers into the ocean

Watch how much microplastic flows from our rivers into the ocean

This video shows the flow of plastics through 10 key rivers, with the largest amount of plastic found in China’s Yangtze River.
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