<story><title>Rivers are rapidly warming, losing oxygen; aquatic life at risk, study finds</title><url>https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001268</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hermitcrab</author><text>The British government privatised all the UK water companies some years ago. It turned out just about as well as you would expect. Turns out its much cheaper to pump shit into the rivers and risk the occasional paltry fine than to invest in infrastructure. Meanwhile you can load the water company with debt and pay massive dividends to the private equity companies and foreign investors that own the companies. And consumers have no choice, because each company is a monopoly. Marvellous.</text></comment>
<story><title>Rivers are rapidly warming, losing oxygen; aquatic life at risk, study finds</title><url>https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001268</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>haltist</author><text>Yesterday I did some amateur science and measured how many cars pass through a relatively busy intersection during rush hour. I knew it was pretty bad and did some basic math to confirm that things are indeed very bad.&lt;p&gt;Expect things to continue to get worse. Fish stocks are already on the brink of collapse and I&amp;#x27;m almost certain it will happen in my lifetime.</text></comment>