WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

New underwater geolocation technique takes cues from nature

Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)

University of Queensland Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) scientists are part of a group of researchers who have developed the technique using imaging equipment...

Prince Charles backs 'blue economy' to save Barrier Reef

Apr 06, 2018 (AFP)

The 2,300-kilometre (1,429-mile) long biodiverse site off the Queensland state coast is reeling from significant coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures...

Aquaplaning in the geological underground

Apr 05, 2018 (SPX)

Using GPS, InSAR, gravity, seismic reflection, and geological data, Marcos Moreno and colleagues from GFZ as well as Chile show that the 2016 earthquake occurre...

Bioinspired slick method improves water harvesting

Apr 04, 2018 (SPX)

The shells of certain desert-dwelling beetles can trap and direct water droplets, as can textures on rice leaves and pitcher plants. With that natural blueprint...

Predicting water storage beyond 2-5 years over global semiarid regions

Apr 04, 2018 (SPX)

It has raised a wide concern since the implementation of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), and the climate community is now trying to turn ...

'Fog harp' increases collection capacity for clean water

Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)

A passive, durable, and effective method of water collection, fog harvesting consists of catching the microscopic droplets of water suspended in the wind that m...

Fiji PM links climate change to fatal cyclone

Apr 03, 2018 (AFP)

Cyclone Josie caused severe flooding when it passed Fiji's main island Viti Levu, with Bainimarama confirming Tuesday that the death toll from the storm had ris...

New study brings us one step closer to understanding how tidal clocks tick

Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)

Organisms that live in shallow waters are presumably influenced by the lunar and tidal cycles to a greater extent than the solar ones and therefore mostly exhib...

Powerful X-rays key to confirming water source deep below Earth's surface

Mar 30, 2018 (SPX)

Through use of the APS, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, the researchers identified a form of water known as Ice-VII, which was trapped within diamonds th...

Marine exploration sensing with light and sound

Mar 29, 2018 (SPX)

"Currently, underwater sensors use acoustic waves to communicate data," explains Nasir Saeed, who is working on a new hybrid optical-acoustic sensor design with...

Most of Earth's water was likely present before the moon-forming giant impact

Mar 29, 2018 (SPX)

So high, in fact, that it resulted in nearly complete mixing of materials between the impactor and proto-Earth. Critically, the study further suggests that most...

New research shows how submarine groundwater affects coral reef growth

Mar 29, 2018 (SPX)

"SGD is common on nearshore coral reefs, especially in Hawai'i, so we set out to test how SGD affects coral reef growth in Maunalua Bay, O'ahu." said Megan Dona...

Deep-sea wildlife more vulnerable to extinction than first thought

Mar 28, 2018 (SPX)

New Oxford University research suggests that past environmental changes may have profoundly impacted the geographic range and species diversity of this family. ...

Sea turtles use their flippers to play with their food, researchers say

Mar 28, 2018 (UPI)

"Sea turtles don't have a developed frontal cortex, independent articulating digits or any social learning," Kyle Van Houtan, director of science at Monterey Ba...

Smithsonian researchers name new ocean zone: The rariphotic

Mar 28, 2018 (SPX)

The initial motivation for studying deep-reef ecosystems was the declining health of shallow reefs. Many researchers wonder if deeper reef areas, sometimes know...

Automated sea vehicles for monitoring the oceans

Mar 28, 2018 (ESA)

Advances in ocean monitoring are improving our understanding of the seas and environment, including marine life, sea temperatures, pollution and weather. Howeve...

Climate change threatens world's largest seagrass carbon stores

Mar 28, 2018 (SPX)

Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), in collaboration with scientists fro...

Artificial bio-inspired membranes for water filtration

Mar 27, 2018 (SPX)

Using an innovative spectroscopic technique, they have been able to observe that, in the very restricted space in these channels, water molecules organize in a ...

Coral reef experiment shows: Acidification from carbon dioxide slows growth

Mar 27, 2018 (SPX)

Their work, published in Nature, represents the first ocean acidification experiment in which seawater was made artificially acidic by the addition of carbon di...

Ultra-thin sun shield could protect Great Barrier Reef

Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)

The World Heritage-listed site, which attracts millions of tourists each year, is reeling from significant bouts of coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatu...