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New DTU research supports previous studies on global sea level rise
Feb 17, 2020 (SPX)
Now, in a new study, a Danish student has shown that the rise is accelerating. In other words, the oceans are rising faster every year. The new research support...
Miros introduces radar-based wave monitoring solutions to Seatronics Global Rental Fleet
Feb 17, 2020 (SPX)
With over 35 years' experience measuring the ocean surface, Miros delivers real-time insights about local sea state and marine conditions, without the need for ...
Hydropower dams cool rivers in the Mekong River basin, satellites show
Feb 17, 2020 (SPX)
Scientists have been monitoring many environmental effects of dams, including how they affect a river's temperature - and could potentially threaten the fish do...
As groundwater depletes, arid American West is moving east
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
The results, published in Nature Communications, show that as warming temperatures shift the balance between water supply and demand, shallow groundwater storag...
Modified clay can remove herbicide from water
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
In the Netherlands, a lot of sugar beets are grown. On these fields, the herbicide chloridazon is widely used. This compound is toxic to humans, does not break ...
NYUAD researchers find new method to allow corals to rapidly respond to climate change
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
This discovery, reported in a new study in the journal Nature Climate Change, not only enhances the biological understanding of corals, it also opens up new app...
Dams overflow as Australia braces for more floods
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
Recent downpours have brought relief to areas ravaged by bushfires and drought -- as well as chaos and destruction to towns and cities along the eastern seaboar...
Great white sharks have been in Mediterranean for 3.2M years
Feb 12, 2020 (UPI)
According to a study published this week in the Journal of Biogeography, the apex predators have been living in the Mediterranean for 3.2 million years. To trac...
Biologists publish first global map of fish genetic diversity
Feb 10, 2020 (UPI)
Previous studies suggest the genetic diversity in an ecosystem declines more quickly in response to environmental stress than biodiversity, or the diversity of ...
Global ocean circulation is accelerating from the surface to the abyss
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
This is due to a near 2%-per-decade rise in wind speeds, the study's authors say, a phenomenon that has intensified circulation as deep as 3,000 meters in affec...
Arctic Ice Melt Is Changing Ocean Currents
Feb 07, 2020 (JPL)
Using 12 years of satellite data, scientists have measured how this circular current, called the Beaufort Gyre, has precariously balanced an influx of unprecede...
First-of-its-kind study examines toll of nuclear war on world's oceans
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
The new study, published recently in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, explores a previously unknown link: How a clash between modern nuclear powers mig...
Colossal oysters missing from Florida coastline; Cuttlefish opt for lighter lunch
Feb 06, 2020 (UPI)
According to the latest study, published this week in the journal Biology Letters, the newest generations of Gulf Coast oysters are roughly a third smaller than...
Dirty tap water has Rio residents on edge
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
The problem started a little over a month ago, with widespread complaints of stinky, brown tap water in the "Marvelous City," which is known for the breathtakin...
Thais spike China-led plan to dredge Mekong river
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing has long wanted to blast 97 kilometres (60 miles) of rocks and dredge the riverbed in northern Thailand to open up a passage for massive cargo ships. Th...
Water, water everywhere - and it's weirder than you think
Feb 05, 2020 (SPX)
The team investigated the scattering of X-ray photons through water samples and showed a bimodal distribution hidden under the first diffraction peak that resul...
A Snapshot of molecules in a deep-sea symbiosis
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
Investigations of the bacterial genome tell us what the microbes are theoretically capable of. What they actually do, however, is not revealed. Thus, scientists...
Understanding long-term trends in ocean layering
Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)
Tohoku University geophysicist Toshio Suga collaborated with climate physicist Ryohei Yamaguchi of Korea's Pusan National University to investigate how upper-oc...
Grey seals observed communicating by clapping underwater
Feb 03, 2020 (UPI)
Like whales and dolphins, seals typically use a variety of calls to communicate with one another. But during breeding season, researchers discovered grey seals ...
Bulgarians' patience runs dry over water crisis
Jan 29, 2020 (AFP)
Accountant Stoyanova does not live in an isolated backwater, but around 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the capital Sofia. She is at the sharp end of a crisis whi...
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