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Global surface area of rivers and streams is 45 percent higher than previously thought
Jul 03, 2018 (SPX)
Rivers and streams are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, so the significantly higher river and stream surface area calculation has important implicati...
The tow-an-iceberg plan being floated to ease Cape Town drought
Jul 03, 2018 (AFP)
Earlier this year, Cape Town came within weeks of shutting off all its taps and forcing residents to queue for water rations at public standpipes. The cut-off w...
New water pollution protests hit southwest Iran
Jul 02, 2018 (AFP)
The latest protests were held in Abadan, 12 kilometres (eight miles) from Khorramshahr, where 11 people were hurt Saturday when an unidentified gunman opened fi...
Great white spotted off Spain in decades first: marine group
Jun 30, 2018 (AFP)
The Alnitak group captured footage of the shark, which it said was five metres (16 feet) long, on Thursday in the seas off Cabrera island and followed it for ov...
Scientists use hydrophone to listen in on methane seeps in ocean
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
The next step, researchers say, is to fine-tune their ability to detect the acoustic signature of the bubbles so they can use the sounds to estimate the volume ...
Florida wins point in water war with neighbor Georgia
Jun 27, 2018 (AFP)
The justices found fault with a previous decision by a court-appointed lawyer, who had said that efforts to limit water consumption by Georgia would not make a ...
US touts 'enduring' Pacific presence as carrier visits Manila
Jun 26, 2018 (AFP)
The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan docked in Manila after sailing through the disputed South China Sea as part of a mission intended to reassure Washington's...
The seed that could bring clean water to millions
Jun 26, 2018 (SPX)
The process, created by Tilton's former student and co-author Stephanie Velegol, uses sand and plant materials readily available in many developing nations to c...
Tropical fish playground in Belize bounces back from threats
Jun 26, 2018 (AFP)
Second in size only to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Mesoamerican Reef spent nearly a decade on the list, prompted by concerns over Belize's plans to...
Increase in storms could have 'catastrophic impact' on fishing industry
Jun 26, 2018 (SPX)
The research, based on a review of past studies and examination of future projections, warns that the increase in storms could make fishing more dangerous, disp...
Malaysian PM revives age-old water row with Singapore
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
The 92-year-old returned for a second time as premier after his opposition alliance scored an unexpected victory at the polls, toppling a long-ruling coalition ...
Australia and Vanuatu to negotiate security pact
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called Vanuatu one of Canberra's "key partners" and after hosting his counterpart Charlot Salwai said a security pact was in the...
Prolific sea-observing satellite Jason-2 turns 10
Jun 25, 2018 (JPL)
Designed for a three-to-five-year mission, the joint U.S./European Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on the Jason-2 satellite has now made more than 47,00...
Increase in size, frequency of ocean storms a threat to global fisheries
Jun 25, 2018 (UPI)
In an effort to understand how global warming and its resulting shifts in weather patterns could influence global fisheries, scientists at the University of Exe...
Saving the underwater wonder world of Belize's reef
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
The Mesoamerican Reef, an underwater wonder world whose survival was considered to be at risk for years, may now be removed from UNESCO's list of threatened Wor...
Australia failing to protect Great Barrier Reef: activists
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
Canberra has pledged to step up efforts to protect the reef as it reels from mass coral bleaching and coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, which have prolifer...
On NY's rooftops, old-style wooden water tanks hang tough
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
And forget about technology and innovation and all that. The tanks are more popular than ever in this city of skyscrapers. Here, any building higher than six st...
NASA, NSF plunge into ocean twilight zone to explore ecosystem carbon flow
Jun 22, 2018 (SPX)
The team's mission for NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is to study the life and death of the small organisms that play a critical role in removin...
Dead plankton, stunned fish: the harms of man-made ocean noise
Jun 21, 2018 (AFP)
- What are the causes of ocean noise? The main human activity that causes noise is maritime shipping. Among the loudest sounds are explosions aimed at demolishi...
Parasite-infected fish can put healthy school members at risk
Jun 21, 2018 (UPI)
Parasites influence or manipulate the behavior of their host to their own benefit. When a host is part of a group dynamic, a shift in an individual or group of ...
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