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Brazil passes bill easing privatization of water utilities
Jun 25, 2020 (AFP)
The bill, which President Jair Bolsonaro plans to sign, aims to bring better service to the 35 million Brazilians who lack clean drinking water and 100 million ...
Kiribati's pro-Beijing leader re-elected: state media
Jun 23, 2020 (AFP)
Radio Kiribati said incumbent Taneti Maamau garnered 26,053 votes to claim a second four-year term, finishing more than 8,000 ahead of opposition leader Banuera...
L3Harris Technologies unveils new Iver4 580 unmanned undersea vehicle
Jun 23, 2020 (SPX)
Built with Iver4 advanced technology, the Iver4 580 features a full suite of sensors in a portable size (5.8-inch diameter and 82-inch length) and small mission...
Arab League urges Ethiopia to delay filling Nile dam
Jun 23, 2020 (AFP)
It called on "all parties to avoid taking further escalatory actions" and for Addis Ababa not to fill its Renaissance Dam "without reaching an agreement with th...
UN urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to 'work together' in Nile dam dispute
Jun 22, 2020 (AFP)
At Egypt's request, the Security Council was scheduled to hold an informal videoconference Monday afternoon to address the dispute. Recent talks failed to produ...
Water hyacinth pest chokes Iraq's vital waterways
Jun 22, 2020 (AFP)
The water hyacinth, nicknamed the "Nile flower" in Iraq, is an invasive plant native to South America's Amazon basin that has ravaged ecosystems across the worl...
UN Security Council to meet Monday on Ethiopia dam
Jun 22, 2020 (AFP)
The city's firefighters said that two people died in the devastation, but a journalist said he saw the body of a third victim. "In half an hour, the water rose ...
Egypt calls on UN to intervene after impasse in Nile dam talks
Jun 20, 2020 (AFP)
The move comes as tensions run high after multiple rounds of talks over the years between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan failed to produce a deal over the filling an...
Humans a more immediate threat to rivers than climate change
Jun 19, 2020 (UPI)
For the study -- published Friday in the journal One Earth -- scientists synthesized past work on the most significant stressors affecting large rivers. The new...
Scientists find unique underwater rivers along Australia's continental shelves
Jun 17, 2020 (UPI)
"This is the most significant discovery for coastal oceanography in recent decades, not only in Australia but globally," Chari Pattiaratchi, professor of coasta...
Blennies show scientists how fish leave water, adapt to land
Jun 17, 2020 (UPI)
Blennies are found all over the globe in marine, brackish and freshwater habitats. Most of the nearly 900 species live along the coasts, and though the majority...
Sudan wants PMs to solve Nile dam deadlock
Jun 17, 2020 (AFP)
"The disputes between the three delegations are of a legal nature especially in terms of a... mechanism for water sharing. Sudan has proposed to refer these iss...
ESAIL maritime satellite ready for launch
Jun 15, 2020 (ESA)
The Vega launch campaign at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, resumed three weeks ago, following an interruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Egypt accuses Ethiopia of holding it hostage in Nile dam talks
Jun 13, 2020 (AFP)
The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on it nearly a decade ago. Ethio...
New International Ocean Satellite Completes Testing
Jun 12, 2020 (JPL)
At the end of May, engineers finished putting the spacecraft - which is being built in Germany - through a battery of tests that began in November 2019. "If it ...
Ethiopia seeks to limit outsiders' role in Nile dam talks
Jun 11, 2020 (AFP)
The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on it nearly a decade ago. Ethiopia see...
Island 'drowning' is not inevitable as sea levels rise
Jun 11, 2020 (SPX)
However, an international study led by the University of Plymouth (UK) suggests that perceived fate is far from a foregone conclusion. The research, published i...
Deep reefs could offer refuge to vulnerable marine life as oceans warm
Jun 10, 2020 (UPI)
The study, published Wednesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, suggests deep marine forests could serve as refuge for vu...
Uproar as Uganda pursues plan to dam waterfall in national park
Jun 10, 2020 (AFP)
Tens of thousands visit northwest Uganda every year to marvel as the force of the Nile crashes into a jungle-clad ravine. But a proposal to build a hydroelectri...
Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia to hold 'daily' talks over Nile dam
Jun 09, 2020 (AFP)
"It was agreed to continue daily meetings, except on Friday and Sunday, to reach consensus on the remaining points," Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas s...
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