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The River Thames is London’s largest public space, so why aren’t we using it? Swimmable Cities co-founder Chris Romer-Lee ...
The River Thames is back on the map -London's Tube map. In a recent redesign, the blue ribbon representing the river was airbrushed out in an effort to de-clutter the map.
The River Thames is making a comeback. Declared "biologically dead" in 1957 because of years of pollution, the 205-mile long river is again home to seals, seahorses and certain kinds of birds ...
Archaeologists have discovered a macabre part of the River Thames's history. For over 6,000 years, humans have been dumping bodies into the London river. The new study examined 61 skeletons -- 30 ...
As a result, the Thames swiftly turned into a giant cesspool. "In the space of about thirty-five years, the Thames had been transformed from a fishing ground teeming with salmon to one of the most ...
The average Londoner might be shocked to hear that, over the past two hundred years, hundreds of human bones have been discovered in the River Thames. As new research shows, a sizable portion of ...
In 1858, sewage clogging London's Thames River caused a "Great Stink." A century later, parts of the famed waterway were declared biologically dead. But the latest report on "The State of the ...
Photo: Lucinda MacPherson. Jason Sandy, an architect, author and member of the Society of Thames Mudlarks, found 12 pieces, which he has donated to Emery Walker’s House at 7 Hammersmith Terrace.
This sea creature made a whale of a trip. A beluga whale native to the Arctic region was spotted more than 1,000 miles away from home, swimming in the River Thames on Tuesday. British ecologist Dav… ...
Emperor Naruhito of Japan will start his U.K. trip by visiting the Thames Barrier. The visit aims to bolster U.K.-Japan relations as Britain seeks to amplify its influence in the Indo-Pacific.