WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Coral disease outbreaks fluctuate with El Nino years

Aug 03, 2017 (SPX)

The findings from Florida Institute of Technology research associate Carly Randall and biology professor Rob van Woesik, published earlier this month in the jou...

Loss of 350 miles of Great Plains streams causing changes in aquatic food web

Aug 03, 2017 (SPX)

Keith Gido, professor of biology, and Josh Perkin, a Kansas State University alumnus, recently published "Groundwater declines are linked to changes in Great Pl...

Seabed exploration firm offers to hunt for MH370

Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)

No trace of the Boeing 777, which disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board, was found during a lengthy deep sea hunt in the southern Indian Ocean off ...

One of the first examples of a local nautical map from Hispanic America

Jul 31, 2017 (SPX)

These also had to be completed with a map of the local region. These maps, known as pinturas (paintings), mainly lacked ground measurements and therefore scale,...

'Missing lead' in Flint water pipes confirms cause of crisis

Jul 31, 2017 (SPX)

The findings - led by researchers at the University of Michigan - support the generally accepted understanding that lead leached into the system because that wa...

Health risk alarm over water rationing in Rome

Jul 26, 2017 (AFP)

The Lazio region has said that emergency measures to battle the prolonged dry spell could lead to staggered water supply shutdowns in neighbourhoods in the capi...

Coral gardening is benefiting Caribbean reefs

Jul 26, 2017 (SPX)

The research, led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and partners, has important implications for...

Coastal armoring and its ecological effects in soft sediment environments

Jul 25, 2017 (SPX)

These are just two examples of how America's coasts - particularly those with large urban populations - have been armored with man-made structures. These struct...

A 50-year Indian dry spell has reversed, with more rain to come

Jul 25, 2017 (SPX)

This heightened monsoon activity has reversed a 50-year drying period during which the monsoon season brought relatively little rain to northern and central Ind...

Mountain glaciers recharge vital aquifers

Jul 24, 2017 (SPX)

The study also suggests that the accelerated melting of mountain glaciers in recent decades may explain a phenomenon that has long puzzled scientists - why Arct...

Vietnam says four fishermen wounded by Indonesian navy

Jul 24, 2017 (AFP)

The Vietnamese fishing vessel, which had six sailors on board, was fired at late Saturday, according to an online report by the disaster and relief agency of Vi...

New algorithm, metrics improve autonomous underwater vehicles' energy efficiency

Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)

AUVs such as underwater gliders are valuable research tools limited primarily by their energy budget - every bit of battery power wasted via inefficient traject...

MH370 search reveals hidden undersea world

Jul 20, 2017 (AFP)

Although no trace of the Malaysia Airlines plane was found during the search in the southern Indian Ocean -- the most expensive ever of its kind -- large volume...

Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters

Jul 19, 2017 (AFP)

Concentrations equivalent to only "a couple of drops in a swimming pool" could be enough to impair their judgement, scientists said in the study published Tuesd...

World's northernmost coral reef in Japan bleached

Jul 18, 2017 (AFP)

Healthy coral reefs protect shores from storms and offer habitats for fish and other marine life, including ecologically and economically important species. Aft...

Japanese seaweed is welcome invader on US coasts: study

Jul 17, 2017 (AFP)

In many lagoons and estuaries of the North Atlantic, native seagrasses and oyster beds have been "severely reduced," due to global warming, pollution, disease a...

Report: High seas in high danger as ecological tipping point nears

Jul 14, 2017 (UPI)

Scientists at Oxford University in the United Kingdom reviewed 271 research papers published between 2012 and 2017 and synthesized the latest data on the impact...

Engineering professor proposes bold concept for solving great barrier reef bleaching

Jul 13, 2017 (SPX)

"There is an endless supply of cool water just a short distance away, at the bottom of the ocean, and yet the warm water at the shallow reefs is killing the cor...

Trump envoy mediates water deal between Israel, Palestinians

Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)

Jason Greenblatt hailed an "important step forward" in a wider regional water deal, as Israel announced it would provide more than 32 million cubic metres of wa...

Climate change deepens threat to Pacific island wildlife

Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)

Ocean-bound wildlife is particularly vulnerable to environmental pressures, especially endemic species living on only one or a handful of islands. Among other t...