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Alkalinizing agent could offset years of acidification around Great Barrier Reef
Jun 08, 2021 (UPI)
For the study, published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters, scientists used high-resolution models to predict how an alkalinizing agent deli...
Second Ghost Fleet Overlord USV finishes trip to Pacific
Jun 07, 2021 (UPI)
The Unmanned Surface Vessel named NOMAD traveled 4,421 nautical miles, 98% in autonomous mode, from the Gulf Coast to the West Coast, the DOD said in a statemen...
Major dam in Russia-occupied Ukraine destroyed; thousands evacuated
Jun 06, 2021 (UPI)
Ukraine is blaming the Kremlin for blowing up the Kakhovskaya Hydro Electric Power Plant dam on the Dnipro River in Nova Kakhovka, while Russia and its local of...
A shark mystery millions of years in the making
Jun 04, 2021 (SPX)
For now, researchers don't know the cause of the shark die-off. "We happened upon this extinction almost by accident," said Elizabeth Sibert, a Hutchinson postd...
'Sea snot' on Turkey's shores alarms residents
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
The naturally occurring mucilage was first documented in Turkey in 2007, when it was also seen in parts of the Aegean Sea near Greece. But this outbreak is the ...
Global warming driving oxygen losses in Earth's freshwater lakes
Jun 02, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, surface level oxygen levels in major freshwater lakes have dropped an average of 5.5% over ...
La Nina climate cycle over: UN
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, occurring every two to seven years. The e...
Century-old medicine could be used as coral-friendly sunscreen ingredient
May 28, 2021 (UPI)
In tests, scientists found methylene blue, also known as methylthioninium chloride, absorbs the full spectrum of ultraviolet rays, as well as repairs DNA damage...
Freshwater biodiversity losses threaten health of people in Peruvian Amazon
May 28, 2021 (UPI)
According to new research, ongoing freshwater biodiversity losses in the region are likely to result in significant nutritional shortages for many indigenous co...
'Appointed by God': Samoan leader defiant after vote
May 26, 2021 (AFP)
Malielegaoi is not accustomed to losing -- until recently the 76-year-old's authority was virtually absolute in a devoutly Christian nation of 220,000 where res...
Too thirsty? France's Volvic blamed as streams run dry
May 22, 2021 (AFP)
"We used to have water up to our knees and the stream could turn two mills," said Pierre Grodecoeur, 69, pointing out the flow outside the house where he was bo...
NASA's S-MODE takes to the air and sea to study ocean eddies
May 19, 2021 (SPX)
Using scientific instruments aboard a self-propelled ocean glider and several airplanes, this first deployment of the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S...
Power struggle on Afghanistan's frontline over key dam
May 19, 2021 (AFP)
Kajaki Dam, which provides power to more than three million people in the south -- including the cities of Kandahar and Lashkar Gah -- is controlled by governme...
Where on Earth is all the water?
May 17, 2021 (SPX)
Given the extreme depths, temperatures and pressures involved, we are not physically able to probe very far into the earth directly. So, in order to peer deep i...
Robotic Navigation Tech Will Explore the Deep Ocean
May 17, 2021 (JPL)
On May 14, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship Okeanos Explorer will depart from Port Canaveral in Florida on a two-week expedition ...
French water and waste companies make mega-merger plan official
May 14, 2021 (AFP)
In a statement confirming an announcement earlier this week of an offer of 20.50 euros ($24.90) per Suez share, the companies said the deal would power Veolia's...
Undammed, undimmed: The battle over a unique European river
May 14, 2021 (AFP)
Activists feel that time is running out to save what they call Europe's last major "wild river" -- one whose course is unaltered by industry, cities or dams -- ...
Rampant fishing industry abuses dull Taiwan's rights record
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
Taiwan operates the second largest longline fishing fleet in the world with boats spending months -- and sometimes years -- crossing remote oceans to supply the...
Tracking Carbon from the Ocean Surface to the Twilight Zone
May 11, 2021 (SPX)
The 2021 deployment of NASA's oceanographic field campaign, called Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS), consists of 150 scientists and c...
WTO deal 'doable' to stop subsidies that lead to over-fishing
May 11, 2021 (AFP)
"It's time to sprint for the finish line," Colombian ambassador Santiago Wills, who is chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations, told reporters from the WT...
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