Winchester, United Kingdom, Aug 28, 2026 (AFP) - Climate change hits trout and salmon in UK's prized chalk streams

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2026-08-28

A fly fisherman cast his line into the crystal-clear waters of the Itchen, a chalk stream in Hampshire in southern England, home to salmon and trout hit by climate change. A summer of record-breaking temperatures and drought is threatening the ecological balance of rare chalk streams -- rivers formed on chalk beds that are largely unique to England -- and the fish that depend on them. Wading through a branch of the Itchen near Winchester, Robert......

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