Endangered dolphins survive in a Bangladesh river so polluted it’s ‘not livable’ for fish

At least 20 endangered Ganges river dolphins still survive in Bangladesh’s extremely polluted Buriganga River, a 12-month study found, reports contributor Md Jahidul Islam for Mongabay. Skirting the southern edge of the country’s capital, Dhaka, the 29-kilometer (18-mile) river is recognized as one of the most contaminated urban waterways globally. Researchers surveyed a 27-km (16.7-mi) […]

Curated from Mongabay. Classified as Environment by AI, which sometimes makes mistakes.