WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Through machine learning, new model holds water

Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)

A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has achieved a breakthrough in the effort to mathematically represent how wat...

Global warming disrupts recovery of coral reefs

Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)

"Dead corals don't make babies," said lead author Professor Terry Hughes, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook Universi...

Ultrabright X-rays reveal the molecular structure of membranes used to purify seawater

Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)

Reverse osmosis is the leading method of converting brackish water or seawater into potable or drinking water, and it is used to make about 25,000 million gallo...

Bleaching hits world's southernmost coral reef: scientists

Apr 03, 2019 (AFP)

The corals off Lord Howe Island -- some 600 kilometres (370 miles) offshore from Sydney -- were affected by elevated temperatures this summer, despite escaping ...

Nitrogen degrading coral in Hawaii traced to wastewater treatment plant

Apr 03, 2019 (UPI)

Previous studies using dyes showed wastewater from the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility was making its way into the ocean via small submarine seeps. Howe...

Warming seas wreck Great Barrier Reef's regrowth

Apr 03, 2019 (AFP)

Following the unprecedented loss of swathes of the reef -- the world's largest living structure -- in successive ocean heatwaves in 2016 and 2017, the number of...

Libya chaos leaves city residents struggling for water

Apr 02, 2019 (AFP)

"We have nothing in Zintan," said Al-Sid Chanta, a trucker who collects water supplied from a reservoir to deliver to residents' homes. Without the pipes in pla...

Sierra Leone bans industrial fishing for a month

Apr 01, 2019 (AFP)

The government also decreed an April 1-30 halt to exports by major fishing companies "to protect our fish stock from depletion", said a statement from the fishe...

Ocean heat hits record high: UN

Mar 28, 2019 (AFP)

In its latest State of the Climate overview, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reaffirmed that the last four years had been the hottest on record -- f...

Back to the water

Mar 27, 2019 (ESA)

Just under one centimetre long, these animals belong to the suborder of terrestrial isopods, commonly known as woodlice. Most crustaceans such as shrimps and lo...

Scientists propose a new benchmark skill for decadal prediction of terrestrial water storage

Mar 27, 2019 (SPX)

"Hydrological predictability mainly comes from two sources: the memory in initial hydrological conditions and the predictability of boundary meteorological forc...

Satellites key to addressing water scarcity

Mar 26, 2019 (ESA)

The UN World Water Day underscores the importance of freshwater and promotes sustainable management. This year, the focus is on the UN Sustainable Development G...

Scuba-diving lizard uses recycled air bubbles to stay underwater for 16 minutes

Mar 26, 2019 (UPI)

Water anoles have previously been observed diving underwater, but only recently were scientists able to characterize the species' underwater respiration system....

Many sharks closer to extinction than feared: Red List

Mar 22, 2019 (AFP)

Seventeen of 58 species evaluated were classified as facing extinction, the Shark Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation (IUCN) said l...

Coral reefs near equator less affected by ocean warming

Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)

The findings from Florida Institute of Technology Ph.D. student Shannon Sully and professor Rob van Woesik, along with colleagues at the University of Californi...

Evidence rogue waves are getting more extreme

Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)

Scientists have, for the first time, used long-term data from a wide expanse of ocean to investigate how these rare, unexpected and hazardous ocean phenomena be...

Bluefin tuna passing submerged listening lines help reveal species' survival

Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)

A 10-year research project using the technology sheds light on the species' natural mortality as well as migration, important information for sustainable manage...

Scientists tag sharks in Galapagos Islands to monitor their migration

Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)

One female and four males were tagged in a marine reserve during a six-day expedition to the islands of Isabela and Floreana, the environment ministry said. Con...

Changes in ocean 'conveyor belt' foretold abrupt climate changes by 4 centuries

Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)

A new study published in Nature Communications provides insight into how quickly these changes could take effect if the system continues weakening. Led by scien...

The INBIS channel: the most complete submarine cartography

Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)

This channel is one of the few submarine valleys in polar latitudes that kept its geological architecture during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), according to th...