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Egypt, Sudan voice optimism over Nile dam talks with Ethiopia
Aug 15, 2020 (AFP)
Talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan were suspended last week after Addis Ababa insisted on linking them to renegotiating a deal on sharing the waters of the...
US to ease water rules after Trump's shower moan
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
On Wednesday the Department of Energy (DOE) said it was proposing to amend the definition of a showerhead to allow multiple showerheads on a single fitting, whi...
Venice nurtures its lagoon back to health
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
Once home to a rich variety of fish and birds, mankind's meddling has raised the water's salt content dramatically. However, an environmental project aims to re...
Mixed bag projected for Atlantic fish stocks as temperatures rise
Aug 10, 2020 (UPI)
Using what scientists have learned about the effects of warming seas on fish stocks over the last several decades, researchers in Britain developed computer mod...
Scientists turn seawater into drinkable freshwater
Aug 10, 2020 (UPI)
The process, which takes just 30 minutes, was not only able to remove salt ions, but also filter out a range of contaminants. The breakthrough technology, descr...
Sudan says Nile dam talks delayed for 'consultations'
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
Talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan were suspended last week after Addis Ababa insisted on linking them to renegotiating a deal on sharing the waters of the...
Florida Current study confirms decline in strength of Gulf Stream
Aug 07, 2020 (UPI)
The findings, published Friday in the journal Nature Climate Change, corroborate the predictions of several models that suggest the Gulf Stream has slowed over ...
China bans its fleet from fishing off Galapagos reserve
Aug 06, 2020 (AFP)
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular briefing that China and Ecuador have been "maintaining friendly communication through bilateral ch...
Marine heatwaves may force fish to flee huge distances: study
Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)
Hot spells can cause dramatic changes to ocean ecosystems, devastating coral habitats, killing large numbers of seabirds and forcing species like fish, whales a...
Beach SOS leads to rescue of sailors stranded on Pacific isle
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
The Australian Defence Force said it found the men Sunday on tiny Pikelot Island, about 190 kilometres (115 miles) from where they set sail three days earlier. ...
New method lets scientists peer deeper into ocean
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
"Traditional satellite remote sensing approaches can collect a wide range of information about the upper ocean, but satellites typically can't 'see' deeper than...
AU mediates Ethiopia dam talks
Aug 03, 2020 (AFP)
The irrigation ministry said another virtual meeting would be held on Thursday following two days of talks between technical and judicial committees. The US and...
Massive seagrass die-off leads to widespread erosion in a California estuary
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
In recent years, Morro Bay's iconic eelgrass beds, which provide the estuary's primary living habitat, experienced a massive die-off, declining more than 90 per...
'Hundreds' of homes destroyed after Sudan dam collapse
Aug 01, 2020 (AFP)
The dam collapsed on Thursday in the district of Bout in the southeastern state, "destroying more than 600 homes and flooding others", Nousseiba Farouk told AFP...
Tiny dryland plants help protect dwindling water supplies
Jul 31, 2020 (SPX)
And yet, the effects of biocrusts on the biome's water cycle are poorly understood, researchers say. New research suggests these living crusts -- an amalgamatio...
Blue crab invasion spells doom for Albanian fishermen
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
A source of daily anguish for Balkan fishermen struggling to make ends meet, the invasive species is upsetting the region's ecosystems. Native to the Atlantic, ...
Azerbaijan villagers plead for water as vital river dries up
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
But the river has shallowed dramatically this summer and has become contaminated with salty seawater, in what experts warn is an unfolding ecological disaster. ...
Carpe diem: Invasive fish feeds hungry in South Africa's lockdown
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
Here, on the picturesque coast of South Africa, environmentalists are hard at work trying to eradicate an invasive alien species. The fish, introduced into Groe...
For Colombian activist Francia Marquez, clean water is worth the fight
Jul 29, 2020 (AFP)
At the time, Colombia was en route to becoming the most dangerous country in the world for environmental activists, according to the NGO Global Witness. As both...
Migratory river fish populations down 76% since 1970: study
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
Overfishing and loss of habitat have had a devastating impact on migratory fish, according to the research by groups including the International Union for the C...
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