Too salty? Nearly half of Europe's rivers affected by salinisation
24 August 2026 by Wendy WINN (DG SANTE, European Commission)A new Nature Communications study reveals that around half of European rivers and streams are affected by salinisation, while more than 23,000 km of the river network (around 2%) exceed 1 mS/cm, a salinity level well above available international standards for the protection of aquatic...