Human damage done to more than half of all rivers worldwide
For people who enjoy nature, seeing animals in rivers is a pretty cool sight.
But in more than half of all of them, life has been impacted by human activity, a major new study says.
Research published in the journal Science analysed almost 2,500 rivers around the world.
It found centuries of activities such as overfishing, water pollution, and climate change have had an effect, threatening what lives in them.
Only 14% of rivers with fish populations had escaped major damage.
The worst-hit areas are places with large and wealthy populations, such as western Europe and North America - including the River Thames in London.
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