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US transportation and water infrastructure not broken
Dec 11, 2017 (SPX)
While much of the nation's transportation and water infrastructure is adequately maintained, a 2.5 percent to 3 percent annual spending increase above the total...
Fear of sharks influences seaweed growth on Fijian coral reefs
Dec 11, 2017 (SPX)
The study is the first clear case of sharks altering a coral reef ecosystem through an indirect effect - creating an atmosphere of fear that shifts where herbiv...
Pacific's Palau forces tourists to sign eco-pledge
Dec 08, 2017 (AFP)
Claimed to be a world first, the "Palau Pledge" is stamped onto visitors' passports and must be signed upon arrival in the country, which lies in the western Pa...
Resilience of Great Barrier Reef offers opportunities for regeneration
Dec 08, 2017 (SPX)
The results publishing 28 November in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Dr Karlo Hock, Prof Peter Mumby, and colleagues from the University of Queensland,...
Take the Driver's Seat on Sea Level Science
Dec 07, 2017 (JPL)
Computer models are critical tools for understanding the future of a changing planet, including melting ice, rising seas and shifting precipitation patterns. Bu...
Native groups fight to save land, culture from rising tides
Dec 05, 2017 (UPI)
The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band is one of several tribal groups affected. While another tribal group, the people of Isle de Jean Charles, is being relocated with t...
Seagrass is a key fishing ground globally
Dec 05, 2017 (SPX)
"If there is seagrass and people there is most certainly fishing. It doesn't matter if it is a country with high or low human development, fishing occurs. But t...
Sharks evolved aircraft-like attributes to suit habitats
Dec 05, 2017 (SPX)
Lead author Adrian Gleiss, Ph.D., a biologist at Murdoch University Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, together with Jean Potvin, Ph.D., physicist at Saint...
Sea turtles' sad fate: from restaurant menus to plastic 'soup'
Dec 04, 2017 (AFP)
As its human handlers step aside, Kenzo struggles out of the harness, pushes hard with its flippers on the sand, and slides into small waves specked with bits o...
Fishing nets pose grave threat to New Zealand's yellow-eyed penguin
Dec 01, 2017 (UPI)
Researchers conducted a review of the human threats facing the iconic penguin species. They found set nets, or gillnets, kill the most yellow-eyed penguins each...
There's a deeper fish in the sea
Dec 01, 2017 (SPX)
Meet the deepest fish in the ocean, a new species named the Mariana snailfish by an international team of researchers that discovered it. The Mariana snailfish ...
Why are there no sea snakes in the Atlantic?
Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)
They sport a range of physical adaptations for life at sea, including a flattened oar-like tail for paddling and the abilities to smell underwater, hold their b...
The world needs to rethink the value of water
Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)
The value of water for people, the environment, industry, agriculture and cultures has been long-recognised, not least because achieving safely-managed drinking...
Scientists discover resilient 'heart' of Great Barrier Reef
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
About three percent of the World Heritage site -- home to the planet's largest collection of coral reefs with 3,800 in all -- has so far emerged relatively unsc...
Children who avoid tap water have lower lead levels but more tooth decay
Nov 27, 2017 (UPI)
New research shows children and adolescents in the United States who avoid tap water are more likely to have tooth decay. The data also shows young people who a...
The tragedy of the seagrass commons
Nov 27, 2017 (SPX)
"Wherever seagrass exists in proximity to people, our research finds that it's used as a key targeted fishing habitat" said Dr Unsworth, who is based at Swansea...
Xi orders China's 'toilet revolution' to march on
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
The so-dubbed "toilet revolution" was launched in 2015 as part of efforts to make restrooms -- often squat toilets with no paper -- more tourist-friendly. Presi...
Coral transplant raises Barrier Reef survival hopes
Nov 26, 2017 (AFP)
In a trial at the reef's Heron Island off Australia's east coast, the researchers collected large amount of coral spawn and eggs late last year, grew them into ...
Scripps scientists use photomosaic technology to find order in the chaos of coral reefs
Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)
Edwards and his co-authors analyzed these mosaics and discovered that coral colonies on Palmyra's reef are arranged in a non-random way. They demonstrated for t...
New research could predict La Nina drought years in US
Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)
"Some La Nina events last two years, and predicting them is extremely challenging," said Pedro DiNezio, a research associate at the University of Texas Institut...
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