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In desert trials, next-generation water harvester delivers fresh water from air
Jun 11, 2018 (SPX)
The successful field test of their larger, next-generation harvester proved what the team had predicted earlier in 2017: that the water harvester can extract dr...
Study on economics of fishing on the high seas
Jun 11, 2018 (SPX)
The research, published in the open-access journal Science Advances, found that the global cost of fishing in the high seas ranged between $6.2 billion and $8 b...
Coral tricks for adapting to ocean acidification
Jun 11, 2018 (SPX)
Cells commonly control gene expression by adding a methyl group to part of the DNA, changing how the information on the DNA is read without changing its genetic...
Israel's Sea of Galilee to get desalinated seawater top-up
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
A plan given cabinet approval on Sunday will pump 100 million cubic metres of water annually by 2022 into the lake in northern Israel's Galilee region, Yechezke...
Study reveals missing drivers of ocean deoxygenation
Jun 11, 2018 (UPI)
Now, scientists have identified the blind spots in current models, as well as drivers of ocean deoxygenation ignored or underestimated by popular simulations. O...
Tempers fray, fists fly in India's daily battle for water
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
Young men clambered onto the roof and jammed a tangle of multicoloured hosepipes inside, passing the other ends to friends waiting with containers in the shouti...
High seas fishing would go broke without 'massive' subsidies: study
Jun 06, 2018 (AFP)
The high seas refers to areas beyond nations' territorial waters, where species like tuna tend to be overfished and migratory sharks -- 44 percent of which are ...
The Cambodian village on stilts
Jun 05, 2018 (AFP)
The village, a short tuk-tuk ride from the ancient Angkor ruins, is on the floodplain of Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake, Tonle Sap. The lake swells be...
Study suggests scientists can use microbial measurements to gauge river flow
Jun 05, 2018 (SPX)
Their successful "genohydrology" approach is important because many Arctic rivers are remote and quite rugged, making deployment of flow meters to measure the w...
Lebanon's spearfishers fight to preserve stocks
Jun 01, 2018 (AFP)
At 5:00 am, three men park their car in the northern port of Qalamun. Grabbing their fins, masks and spear guns, they board a boat and set out to sea. Wrapped i...
Widespread methane seeps off Oregon coast
Jun 01, 2018 (SPX)
And what they have found is eye-opening. Since the first evidence of underwater methane was discovered in the late 1980s, only about 100 "seep sites" had been i...
Scientists rethink co-evolution of marine life, oxygenated oceans
Jun 01, 2018 (SPX)
Wanyi Lu, a Ph.D. candidate studying under associate professor Zunli Lu (no relation) in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the lead author of a groundbreakin...
Hydropower in Cambodia could threaten food security of region
Jun 01, 2018 (SPX)
A new paper from the University of Illinois and Iowa State University urges a participatory approach for managing the Mekong River basin that engages local resi...
New tool improves fishing efficiency and sustainability
May 31, 2018 (SPX)
Called EcoCast, the experimental tool developed by researchers at Stanford and other universities combines satellite data of ocean conditions, records from fish...
Even a shark's electrical 'sixth sense' may be tuned to attack
May 31, 2018 (SPX)
There is no difference between the quietest and loudest movements. To your superhuman ears, they all sound loud, like honking horns. According to a study funded...
EU top court fines Italy over failure to treat sewage
May 31, 2018 (AFP)
The European Court of Justice found Italy had missed repeated deadlines to comply with "EU law on the collection and treatment of urban waste water" in scores o...
Food security in Cambodia faces threat due to hydropower
May 31, 2018 (UPI)
A new paper from the University of Illinois and Iowa State University, published this month in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, suggests officials pa...
World's largest freshwater pearl goes for 320,000 euros
May 31, 2018 (AFP)
Known as the Sleeping Lion pearl due to its distinctive shape, the pearl was likely formed in the first half of the 18th century in Chinese waters, possibly eve...
Making sense of the water supply situation in Cape Town
May 30, 2018 (SPX)
Tight water usage restrictions have been successful in stalling 'day zero' - when the city's taps will be turned off - until 2019, buying time for authorities t...
Shark fins found in Singapore Airlines shipment to Hong Kong
May 30, 2018 (AFP)
Hong Kong is one of the world's biggest shark fin trading hubs and it remains readily available in seafood stores and restaurants, despite pressure from conserv...
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