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Planned power plants in Asia likely to face water shortages
Sep 20, 2019 (UPI)
According to a new study, water shortages in Asia could make it increasingly difficult to cool new power plants. "One of the impacts of climate change is that t...
Climate change could turn oceans from friend to foe, UN report warns
Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)
Diplomats and scientists from 195 nations gather in Monaco from Friday to validate a summary for leaders of observed and projected impacts ranging from vanishin...
China 'highly appreciates' Kiribati cutting ties with Taiwan
Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)
The move is a coup for Beijing just weeks before it marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and comes just days after the ...
Ocean power: A green option failing to make waves
Sep 18, 2019 (AFP)
Inaugurated at La Richardais on the west coast by Charles de Gaulle in 1966, the plant produces about 500 Gigawatt hours of electricity per year -- enough to po...
Coral parents pass algae to their offspring to help cope with climate change
Sep 16, 2019 (UPI)
Climate change has warmed the world's oceans over the last several decades. Nearly half of all coral reefs have experienced severe coral bleaching as a result. ...
Australia, Fiji attempt to bury climate hatchet
Sep 16, 2019 (AFP)
Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed his Fijian counterpart, Frank Bainimarama, just weeks after the Pacific leader branded him "very insulting, very condesce...
Climate signature detected in Earth's rivers
Sep 16, 2019 (UPI)
Climate dictates many of Earth's geologic and hydrological systems, but scientists have struggled to pinpoint the influence of climate on the formation of river...
Fiji's PM to play down climate row on Australia trip
Sep 15, 2019 (AFP)
Bainimarama arrived in Australia on Wednesday for five days of meetings with members of the Fijian community in Sydney and Canberra, as well as a bilateral meet...
Trump repeals Obama-era waterway protections
Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)
It is the latest move from the president to boost the economy, frequently at the expense of the environment, while fulfilling promises made to his base in the 2...
U.S. Navy tests unmanned underwater vehicles in Arctic exercise
Sep 13, 2019 (UPI)
The 115-person, cold weather exercise Near Adak, Alaska, in early September by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One employed unmanned underwater vehicles...
'Little Mermaid' can help save oceans, says Bardem
Sep 12, 2019 (AFP)
In "Sanctuary," cameras follow Javier and his brother Carlos to Antarctica as they learn about -- and drum up support for -- Greenpeace's campaign to save the s...
English Channel dolphins riddled with toxins
Sep 12, 2019 (AFP)
Biopsies taken from scores of the coastal dwelling mammals revealed levels among the highest ever observed for the species, as reported in the Scientific Report...
Sea urchins boost survival rate of lab-spawned coral
Sep 11, 2019 (UPI)
Algae are essential to coral. The algae, or phytoplankton, get shelter from coral. In return, the algae provide some of the energy harvested from sunlight via p...
River 'armageddon' prompts Australian fish rescue
Sep 09, 2019 (AFP)
Fish have become stranded in isolated pools in the Darling River amid a prolonged drought that has ravaged much of the sunburnt country's eastern interior. New ...
U.S. Navy seeks proposals for Large Unmanned Surface Vessels
Sep 09, 2019 (UPI)
The official release of the Request for Proposals follows the early release of specifications for the first block of corvette-sized LUSVs, which was first relea...
Lava from Hawaiian volcano fueled algae super bloom in Pacific Ocean
Sep 06, 2019 (UPI)
Last summer, more than a billion tons of lava from Kīlauea flowed into the waters of the Pacific. The event itself wasn't out of the norm, but when scientists ...
Solomons say no decision yet in Taiwan-China debate
Sep 06, 2019 (AFP)
The Solomons are among only 17 nations to recognise Taiwan, but Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare vowed to review the relationship after he was elected in April....
Tropical sea snake breathes through top of head when diving
Sep 04, 2019 (UPI)
According to the latest analysis, the blue-banded sea snake uses a complex system of blood vessels to pull oxygen from the water through the top of its head. "F...
MIT's fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift
Sep 02, 2019 (SPX)
The autonomous boats - rectangular hulls equipped with sensors, thrusters, microcontrollers, GPS modules, cameras, and other hardware - are being developed as p...
Illinois engineer continues to make waves in water desalination
Sep 02, 2019 (SPX)
Now, with a new publication and new research project funded by the National Science Foundation, he continues to build on his highly praised work to develop new ...
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