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Nepal reinstates $2.5bn hydropower deal with Chinese firm
Sep 24, 2018 (AFP)
The agreement with the China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) to construct Nepal's largest hydro plant was abruptly cancelled by the outgoing government just w...
3D electron microscopy uncovers the complex guts of desalination membranes
Sep 24, 2018 (SPX)
These reverse osmosis membranes are layers of material with an active aromatic polyamide layer that allows water molecules through, but screens out 99 to 99.9 p...
Rough waters for California's not so public beaches
Sep 24, 2018 (AFP)
Privates Beach, as the secluded spot in the city of Santa Cruz is known to locals, is at the center of an ongoing battle over the public's right to access the G...
France reverses car tyre sea sanctuary as an environmental flop
Sep 23, 2018 (AFP)
Since the start of last week, divers and a specially equipped boat with lifting gear have been fishing out hundreds of the old loops of rubber about 500 metres ...
Light pollution inspires boldness in fish
Sep 21, 2018 (UPI)
In the lab, light pollution caused the test fish, guppies, to be more active at night. The artificial light also cause fish to emerge from their hiding places m...
Chile rules out negotiating over Bolivian maritime passage claims
Sep 21, 2018 (AFP)
Bolivia took a case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2013 seeking to regain access to the Pacific Ocean it lost following an 1879-84 war it fought...
Hit-and-Run Heist of Water by Terrestrial Planets in the Early Solar System
Sep 20, 2018 (SPX)
Four and a half billion years ago, the inner solar system was a chaotic place with around 50-100 protoplanets ranging in size from the Moon to Mars that were pr...
Future impacts of El Nino, La Nina likely to intensify
Sep 18, 2018 (SPX)
These are the findings of a new study funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy and published in Geophysical Research Le...
Researchers use eDNA to detect great white sharks
Sep 14, 2018 (UPI)
Increasingly, researchers are turning to genetic markers to identify the presence of species in the environment, but until now, scientists struggled to isolate ...
Understanding deep-sea images with artificial intelligence
Sep 14, 2018 (SPX)
"Over the past three years, we have developed a standardized workflow that makes it possible to scientifically evaluate large amounts of image data systematical...
Laos to press on with dam-building after deadly collapse: PM
Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)
The rare public comments from prime minister Thongloun Sisoulith came during a World Economic Forum panel in Hanoi, weeks after July's dam disaster in Attapeu p...
Water in small dust grains can explain large amounts of water on Earth
Sep 12, 2018 (SPX)
For a long time, scientists have been struggling with an explanation for the large amount of water on Earth. A first scenario states that the water is delivered...
Drought, groundwater loss sinks California land at alarming rate
Sep 11, 2018 (SPX)
Despite much higher-than-normal amounts of rain in early 2017, the large agricultural and metropolitan communities that rely on groundwater in central Californi...
Researchers discover new source of formic acid over Pacific, Indian oceans
Sep 11, 2018 (SPX)
In addition to being the smallest organic acid and an important chemical for communication among ants, formic acid is the most abundant organic acid in the glob...
Airbus orders first ever automated kite for its cargo ship from Airseas
Sep 11, 2018 (SPX)
SeaWing is an automated kite based on parafoil technology used to tow commercial ships. Airbus is focusing on improving productivity and delivering aircraft fas...
Artificial intelligence guides rapid data-driven exploration of underwater habitats
Sep 11, 2018 (SPX)
Thanks to rapid high throughput data analysis at sea, it was possible to identify biological hotspots at the Hydrate Ridge Region off the coast of Oregon, quick...
WMO forecast: 70 percent chance of El Nino weather event
Sep 10, 2018 (UPI)
The El Niño Southern Oscillation, ENSO, describes a periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures. The irregular variability features two main patte...
S.Africa's Cape Town eases water rationing
Sep 10, 2018 (AFP)
The Western Cape region had gone without substantial rain for more than three years, forcing Cape Town authorities to slash residential water consumption. "Cape...
The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic
Sep 09, 2018 (AFP)
The ambitious project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit group, hopes to clean up half of the infamous garbage patch within five years when all systems ar...
Pakistan's Khan launches fundraising appeal for dams to avert drought
Sep 07, 2018 (AFP)
Official estimates show that by 2025 Pakistan will be facing an "absolute scarcity" of water, with less than 500 cubic metres available per person -- just one t...
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