WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Japan volcanic island may hold key to coral survival

Apr 17, 2017 (AFP)

The seabed of Shikine island is a "living laboratory" for researchers aboard the schooner Tara, a French-led scientific expedition, who are looking for clues to...

New England's glacial upland soils provide major groundwater storage reservoir

Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)

As Boutt explains, "This is the first time that the relative role of upland vs. valley groundwater storage has been quantified. These results are the first to p...

Guinea seizes shark fins from Chinese ships

Apr 12, 2017 (AFP)

The seizure was part of a push launched in February to crack down on illegal fishing in West African waters, aided by the environmental campaign group Greenpeac...

Reef damage could cost Australia a million tourists: study

Apr 12, 2017 (AFP)

Scientists said this week that coral bleached for two consecutive years at the World Heritage-listed site had "zero prospect" of recovery after researchers dete...

'Zero recovery' for corals in back-to-back Australia bleaching

Apr 10, 2017 (AFP)

Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia's Great Barrier Reef has "zero prospect" of recovery, scientists warned Monday, as they confirmed the site...

Most deep-sea animals produce their own light, research shows

Apr 10, 2017 (UPI)

There a few ecosystems on Earth where the sun doesn't shine. The largest is the deep sea. Below 1,000 feet, the ocean is pitch black. According to new research,...

Powers of attraction could decimate deadly starfish

Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)

An American who fell in love with both the Great Barrier Reef and his wife via The University of Queensland has led a breakthrough discovery that could protect ...

Migrating fish leave behind a trail of DNA

Apr 10, 2017 (UPI)

Researchers at Rockefeller University sequenced DNA from water samples collected daily in New York's East and Hudson Rivers. Their analysis -- detailed in the j...

UBC invention uses bacteria to purify water

Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)

A University of British Columbia-developed system that uses bacteria to turn non-potable water into drinking water will be tested next week in West Vancouver pr...

Skeletons developed as chemistry of oceans changed

Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)

Skeletons and shells first came into being 550 million years ago as the chemical make-up of seawater changed, a study suggests. Ancient marine life may have dev...

Catch shares slow the 'race to fish'

Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)

Catch shares are a type of management system in which individual fishers or groups of fishers receive secured rights to an allotted portion of a fishery's total...

Dead Sea to come alive with concert by electro pioneer

Apr 06, 2017 (AFP)

The Dead Sea was to come alive with music and an extravagant light show Thursday with a concert by electro pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre to draw attention to its sh...

L3 Technologies acquires autonomous underwater robot manufacturer

Apr 05, 2017 (UPI)

Massachusetts-based OceanServer Technology, a designer and maker of autonomous underwater vehicles, has been acquired by L-3 Technologies. The transaction annou...

Graphene sieve turns seawater into drinking water

Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)

Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of...

Where the Jordan stops flowing

Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)

A new study conducted at Tel Aviv University and published in the journal Water Research argues that Israel's Jordan River may be a useful case study for the ch...

Unrestricted fishing technology threaten the future of seafood

Apr 02, 2017 (SPX)

Overfishing is one among many environmental problems that scientists expect to be exacerbated by climate change. A new study by the Institute of Environmental S...

Blockbuster nature series catches dynamite fishermen on film

Apr 02, 2017 (AFP)

Documentary filmmakers shooting a new blockbuster nature series in the Philippines said Sunday they chased men they saw fishing with dynamite. A camera crew wor...

'Weather whiplash' triggered by changing climate will degrade Midwest's drinking water

Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)

One consequence of global climate change is the likelihood of more extreme seesawing between drought and flood, a phenomenon dubbed "weather whiplash." Now, res...

Melting sea ice may lead to more life in the sea

Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)

When spring arrives in the Arctic, both snow and sea ice melt, forming melt ponds on the surface of the sea ice. Every year, as global warming increases, there ...

Fog and dew keep Africa's Namib Desert ecosystem going

Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)

The ocean is not the sole source of the fog that sustains life for numerous plants and animals living in Africa's coastal Namib Desert. The fog also comes from ...