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Majority of coral reefs examined suffer from low oxygen levels, study says
Mar 16, 2021 (UPI)
The new research is documented in the journal Nature Climate Change, and its authors said this is the first time the current state of low oxygen, or hypoxia, wa...
Sudan asks UN, US to mediate dam dispute
Mar 15, 2021 (AFP)
"The prime minister sent letters asking the UN and the US to intervene and mediate in the dispute over the Renaissance Dam," said Faisal Mohammad Saleh, a spoke...
Reclusive Chinese water tycoon is now Asia's richest person
Mar 10, 2021 (AFP)
But reclusive Zhong Shanshan has become Asia's richest man following the stock listings last year of his Nongfu Spring mineral water and separate pharma company...
The collapse of Northern California kelp forests will be hard to reverse
Mar 08, 2021 (SPX)
A new study led by researchers at UC Santa Cruz documents this dramatic shift in the coastal ecosystem and analyzes the events that caused it. This was not a gr...
Some sea slugs sever their own heads, grow whole new bodies
Mar 08, 2021 (UPI)
Scientists observed the phenomenon -- detailed Monday in the journal Current Biology -- while studying the development of the marine invertebrates, from eggs to...
Sisi says Egypt, Sudan reject Ethiopia Nile dam 'fait accompli'
Mar 06, 2021 (AFP)
Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have been locked for almost a decade in inconclusive talks over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD...
Giant clam shells worth $3.3 million seized in Philippine raid
Mar 05, 2021 (AFP)
In one of the biggest operations of its kind in the country, 80 tonnes of the tropical species were discovered in a village on a remote island in the western ar...
Seagrass loss along Britain's coastline more extensive than thought
Mar 04, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Plant Science, seagrasses along Britain's coast have declined by 44 percent since 1936....
NASA Scientists Complete 1st Global Survey of Freshwater Fluctuation
Mar 04, 2021 (SPX)
The research, published March 3 in the journal Nature, relied on NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite 2 (ICESat-2), launched in September 2018. ICESat...
Humans drive most of the ups and downs in freshwater storage at Earth's surface
Mar 04, 2021 (SPX)
Analysis of new satellite data published March 3 in Nature shows fully 57 percent of the seasonal variability in Earth's surface water storage now occurs in dam...
Half a trillion corals: world-first coral count prompts rethink of extinction risks
Mar 03, 2021 (SPX)
While the answer to "how many coral species are there?" is 'Googleable', until now scientists didn't know how many individual coral colonies there are in the wo...
Work on sea wall begins for the landmark EWP-EDF One Wave Energy project
Mar 02, 2021 (SPX)
The works will include clearing the top cement layer of the relevant sections of the sea wall, followed by adding steel rebars for reinforcement and finally the...
New model predicts how plastic from coast gets to middle of ocean
Mar 02, 2021 (UPI)
Scientists in Germany and the United States have developed a new model to predict the pathways of coastal plastic pollution. To build their model -- described T...
Egypt and Sudan back DR Congo to mediate Nile dam deadlock
Mar 02, 2021 (AFP)
The move comes after DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi started his one-year term as AU chair last month, replacing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, vo...
Flood-prone Miami to spend billions tackling sea level rise
Feb 26, 2021 (AFP)
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine-Cava said Friday she will protect communities hardest hit by rising sea levels, which eat away at beaches and leave resi...
Study: Gulf Stream System is the weakest it's been in 1,000 years
Feb 25, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Thursday in the journal Nature Geoscience, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or Gulf Stream System, has slowe...
Tool that more efficiently analyzes ocean color data will become part of NASA program
Feb 25, 2021 (SPX)
The work, led by Knut Stamnes, a physics professor at Stevens, and spearheaded by Yongzhen Fan Ph.D. '16, a visiting physics scholar in Stamnes' lab, solves a 3...
Texans queue for water as US counts cost of deadly winter storm
Feb 20, 2021 (AFP)
The extreme winter weather system wreaked havoc across much of the southern and central United States this week, reportedly killing at least 40 people and ignit...
Coral reef predators get 70% of their energy from the open ocean
Feb 19, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, more than 70% of the caloric energy consumed by reef predators is sourced from the o...
US stops Trump's aid freeze to Ethiopia over dam dispute
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
The administration of former president Donald Trump, a steadfast ally of Egypt's leader, in September suspended around $272 million to Ethiopia, accusing it of ...
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