Hi Phil, it’s madness isn’t it 🙄 It is likely that a gully pot in Richmond goes to sewer anyway, so the coffee is irrelevant 🤷🏼♀️ But the untreated highway runoff is toxic and is the responsibility of the Council, so perhaps they’d like to put their own house in order before they pick on other people 👍🏻
Hi Phil, it’s madness isn’t it 🙄 It is likely that a gully pot in Richmond goes to sewer anyway, so the coffee is irrelevant 🤷🏼♀️ But the untreated highway runoff is toxic and is the responsibility of the Council, so perhaps they’d like to put their own house in order before they pick on other people 👍🏻
It's #WorldRiversDay today and my pledge to the River Darwen is that I will continue to fight for better control of stormwater pollution in British Rivers. What pledge will you make to your local river today?
Most road runoff filtration systems are made by UK companies - so investing in tackling road runoff would be investing in UK jobs, wildlife, rivers + water security, as @stormwater-jo.bsky.social explains in our joint podcast with @planetpossible.bsky.social:
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Lead, mercury, tyre crumb, plastics, PAHs - a toxic sludge of chemicals surges off roads, into rivers, unfiltered, inundating fish + wildlife, every time it rains @stormwater-jo.bsky.social warms MPs. It's not monitored + little is done to prevent it.
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Exciting times! Working with Aquawatch, we have a pair of water quality monitors in the River Darwen, measuring the size of the pollution caused by the M6 runoff. We want to see if simple analysis of turbidity & conductivity can pick up the pollution caused by the motorway runoff. 🧐
Yesterday, we witnessed caseless caddis fly larvae biting the caudal llamellae off a Banded Demoiselle larva and apparently eating them. I wonder if any entomologists working on aquatic invertebrates have ever seen this before? Thanks Samuel Gibson who helped me with the sampling
Hooray 🥳 Now they’ll be able to afford to regulate pollution from highway runoff properly 🚗🚙🚚🚛🚌
250 of the highest risk road runoff outfalls in England are within 500 metres of a Site of Specific Scientific Interest including protected rivers-with mercury, arsenic & other chemical horrors belting into waterways, according to data obtained by @endsreport.com
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🧵Jo Bradley from Stormwater Shepherd, @stormwater-jo.bsky.social said National Highways’ plan for water quality is “woefully inadequate, and leaves thousands of highway outfalls with no prospect of the installation of treatment schemes for years to come”...
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“We don't understand the pollution and we're doing nothing about it” 📹 @stormwater-jo.bsky.social
This Thursday, ENDS will be showing exclusive footage and hosting a live webinar on the lesser-known pollutants choking England’s rivers
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It definitely goes into the canal - we spent some time looking around. It is very close to an historic overflow from the canal to the river but I don’t think that operates as much any more 🤷🏼♀️
This discharge from the M6 near Wigan enters the Leeds/Liverpool canal. Highway runoff should never discharge to canals because all the contaminated sediment & dissolved toxins accumulate around the discharge point, poisoning the local environment.
“It's not easy to be exact, but studies estimate that tires create anywhere from 10-28% of the world's microplastic pollution, according to National Geographic. These particles don't just disappear — they end up in our water, our soil, and our bodies.”
If you’re interested to find highway outfalls that are polluting your river, now’s the time 🕰️. In a few weeks, this one will be concealed in undergrowth, but by locating it now, I’ve given myself the best change of finding it again in the rain ☔️ in the Spring when the vegetation is up to my ears 👂🏻
Research in Canada is underway to investigate the harm caused to fish eggs by road salt applications during the winter. The results have not been peer-reviewed yet, but they have found evidence of significant effects on the fish eggs.
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The road runoff will be warm too, especially when the sun is shining on the road surface, so that may play its part. And the routine pollutants in road runoff may affect freezing temperature, even before the salt is applied. Thanks for sharing your image - fascinating 👍🏻
Well done humanity. For it is us who have caused this rapid warming of the planet, and the devastating consequences for people and ecosystems that are so visible today and every day.
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🌳 Scraps of woodland in Bristol on/near the Avon in St Anne’s. I want to make sure these go to good owners but don’t have anything like enough funds or beans to run this all myself with Bath / Warleigh acquisition going through soon. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 24% of earth’s freshwater animals are at risk of extinction.
With marine animals playing a vital role in the wider ecosystem, the time for climate action is now critical.
Read the full report - iucn.org/press-releas...
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Report this Peter, if you can. Call the EA hotline on 0800 80 70 60. At least then it will be on their system & they can visit the AD plant to investigate their spreading practices 👍🏻
A really exciting job opportunity working with me at Welsh Dee Trust.
Head of project delivery.
This role will have oversight of the delivery of all projects at Welsh Dee Trust and will make a significant impact upon the restoration of the Dee.
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Hi fellow ecologists!
Do you know of any labs or research institutes that might have, or will have, open positions in amphibian research or conservation?
Thanks!
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Our December newsletter is out now! 🙌
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Also, keep a record of what you’ve read, with citations and notes, or you will spend half your life saying ‘I remember a paper that I read once …’ but you’ll never be able to find it again.
🧵Pond soundscapes are bursting with life and mysterious sounds!
Aquatic insects rub hard body parts together to attract mates and submerged plants release oxygen bubbles as they respire in the hot sun.
