WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Poland needs to save water for non-rainy day

Jul 28, 2019 (AFP)

"I can't remember water levels being as low as what we've seen in recent years, it's tragic", says the pensioner, sporting a fisherman's vest and cap for protec...

Thai govt urged not to buy power from Laos dam

Jul 26, 2019 (AFP)

The Thai-built Xayaburi dam, a few hours from the northern Laos town of Luang Prabang, is set to be completed in October, the latest in a welter of barriers acr...

Rock lobster's organs, reflexes harmed by seismic air guns

Jul 25, 2019 (UPI)

For the study, researchers in Australia blasted seismic air gun noise in Tasmania's Storm Bay. When scientists examined rock lobsters impacted by the seismic bl...

Underground water pipes: another way for cities to keep cool

Jul 25, 2019 (AFP)

With climate change making hot weather periods more likely each year, proponents of systems known as "district cooling networks" argue the technology could prov...

Fish tanks: Jordan sinks military hardware for underwater museum

Jul 24, 2019 (AFP)

The kingdom is hoping the 19 decommissioned pieces of military hardware, submerged at depths up to 28 metres (92 feet), will attract tourists to the already pop...

EU bans cod fishing in Baltic Seaw

Jul 23, 2019 (AFP)

Alerted by scientists, the European Commission, which oversees the management of fish stocks in European waters, warned of "a rapid decline" in cod stock "if no...

Despite monsoon havoc, India monsoons below baseline amid water crisis

Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)

The South Asian nation is grappling with a severe water crisis, with emergency supplies sent to Chennai after the drought-hit southern city saw only a fraction ...

More Basra water crises unless Iraq govt fixes 'failures': HRW

Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)

Nearly 120,000 people were hospitalised last summer after drinking polluted water, in a mass health crisis that sparked deadly protests against the dire state o...

Thirty years of unique data reveal what's really killing coral reefs

Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)

A study published in the international journal Marine Biology, reveals what's really killing coral reefs. With 30 years of unique data from Looe Key Reef in the...

Great Barrier Reef agency breaks with Australia gvt in climate warning

Jul 19, 2019 (AFP)

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a government body, said in a study released this week that an urgent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, both n...

Algae-killing virus stimulates nutrient recylcing in the oceans

Jul 18, 2019 (UPI)

Nutrient recycling is essential for ecological health and marine biodiversity. New research suggests viruses help promote the turnover of vital nutrients. Accor...

Navy seeks proposals for unmanned surface vessel

Jul 17, 2019 (UPI)

While the Navy floated performance specifications in February for a fleet of "medium unmanned surface vehicles," the request was officially announced Tuesday. I...

Thirty-year study reveals cause of coral bleaching crisis

Jul 16, 2019 (UPI)

The study, published this week in the journal Marine Biology, was compiled using three-decades worth of observational data collected at the Looe Key Reef in the...

Some reef islands resilient to climate change: study

Jul 16, 2019 (AFP)

Atoll nations such as Tuvalu, Tokelau and Kiribati lie only a few metres above sea level and are considered the world's most vulnerable to global warming, with ...

Off the hook: Manta ray asks divers for helping hand

Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)

Underwater photographer Jake Wilton was diving off Australia's west coast when the three-metre wide animal moved toward him, footage showed. "I'm often guiding ...

Water express delivers emergency supplies to drought-hit Indian city

Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)

The wagons were hauled by a special locomotive, decorated with flowers and with a "Drinking Water for Chennai" banner on its front. Four special trains a day ha...

New solar panel produces electricity and clean water

Jul 10, 2019 (UPI)

According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, engineers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have developed a solar ...

Tanzania's Magufuli dismisses concerns over dam in nature park

Jul 09, 2019 (AFP)

The 2,100-megawatt scheme will straddle the Rufiji River in the Selous Game Reserve, a 50,000-square-kilometre (19,000-square-mile) protected area which was des...

Managing Freshwater Across the United States

Jul 05, 2019 (SPX)

Managing these water resources requires balancing growing demand for water in the face of shifting availability and changing climate. Many state and federal age...

Hundreds of sharks snarled by plastic in the world's oceans, scientists warn

Jul 05, 2019 (UPI)

Researchers at the University of Exeter scanned the scientific literature, as well as Twitter, for reports of sharks and rays found tangled in plastic debris. T...