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Life is bubbling up to seafloor with petroleum from deep below
May 04, 2020 (SPX)
An estimated one-third of the Earth's microbes are literally hidden, buried in sediments deep below the ocean floor. Now, scientists have shown that these "deep...
CO2 emissions from dry inland waters globally underestimated
May 04, 2020 (SPX)
This means that the actual emissions from inland waters have been significantly underestimated - as shown by the results of a recent international research proj...
Ocean acidification prediction now possible years in advance
May 04, 2020 (SPX)
Previous studies have shown the ability to predict ocean acidity a few months out, but this is the first study to prove it is possible to predict variability in...
Nearly 100,000 evacuated after Uzbekistan dam bursts
May 03, 2020 (AFP)
The wall of the Sardoba reservoir dam in eastern Uzbekistan burst early on Friday triggering a government operation that saw 70,000 people evacuated. More than ...
Simulated deep-sea mining affects ecosystem functions at the seafloor
Apr 30, 2020 (SPX)
To date, there is no market-ready technology for deep-sea mining. However, it is already clear that interventions in the seabed have a massive and lasting impac...
Recycling could dramatically slash cities' need for fresh water resources
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
Using Houston as a model, researchers at Rice's Brown School of Engineering have developed a plan that could reduce the need for surface water (from rivers, res...
Water recycling can reduce pressure of urban usage on fresh water resources
Apr 28, 2020 (UPI)
Scientists at Rice University developed models to simulate the impact of water recycling on the water usage patterns of a major urban center like Houston. The a...
Coronavirus calm reveals flourishing Venice Lagoon ecosystem
Apr 27, 2020 (AFP)
A crab tries to grab the intruding lens, jellyfish propel themselves along near the surface, schools of fish swim peacefully by, crustaceans cling to the city's...
Researchers explore ocean microbes' role in climate effects
Apr 24, 2020 (SPX)
The new research quantifies the way specific marine bacteria process a key chemical called dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), which is produced in enormous amou...
Ocean biodiversity has not increased substantially for hundreds of millions of years - new study
Apr 24, 2020 (SPX)
A team led by researchers from the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham have used a big data approach to study ...
Global warming is undoing decades of progress in marine reserves
Apr 24, 2020 (UPI)
In addition to protecting vulnerable ecosystems, marine reserves have helped scientists study the best strategies for conserving marine species and their habita...
In Navajo Nation, pandemic exposes water crisis and health disparities
Apr 23, 2020 (AFP)
With its towering sandstone mesas, majestic canyons and ancient ruins, the Navajo Nation is home to about 175,000 people in an area that straddles three southwe...
Whatever sea level rise brings, NASA will be there
Apr 23, 2020 (JPL)
But their economies, though 3,400 miles (5,400 kilometers) apart, share a dependence on the sea. The majority of Greenland's residents rely on the territory's r...
A cheap organic steam generator to purify water
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
"The rate of steam production is 4-5 times higher than that of direct water evaporation, which means that we can purify more water", says Associated Professor S...
How the blob came back
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
"Most large marine heat waves have historically occurred in the winter," said Dillon Amaya, a postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at CIRES and lead author on the new s...
Aquaculture at the crossroads of global warming and antimicrobial resistance
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
Fish farmers use large quantities of antimicrobials to treat or prevent disease on their farms. However, when used inappropriately, antimicrobials are ineffecti...
When it comes to water, you have to think global
Apr 21, 2020 (SPX)
While Earth is so wet it looks blue from space, most of that water is saltwater. Only 2.5% of water on Earth is freshwater and nearly all of that water is froze...
Virginia Tech's fog harp harvests water even in the lightest fog
Apr 20, 2020 (SPX)
The development of the fog harp, a Virginia Tech interdisciplinary pairing of engineering with biomimetic design, was first reported in 2018. The hope behind th...
'Minuscule traces' of virus in non-potable Paris water: city official
Apr 19, 2020 (AFP)
The Paris water authority's laboratory detected tiny amounts of the virus in four of 27 samples collected from around the capital, leading to an immediate shutd...
Scientists try 'cloud brightening' to protect Great Barrier Reef
Apr 17, 2020 (AFP)
In an attempt to cool waters around the reef by making clouds reflect more sunlight, researchers said they used a boat-mounted fan similar to a snow cannon to s...
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