WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers have created a new model for predicting decompression sickness after deep-sea dives that not only estimates the risk, but how severe the symptoms ar...

Hawaiian biodiversity began declining before humans arrived

Mar 16, 2017 (UPI)

New research suggests plant and animal diversity has been on the decline on all Hawaiian Islands, except for the Big Island, for several million years. Research...

Seawater threat to California Central Coast aquifers

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers from Stanford and the University of Calgary have transformed pulses of electrical current sent 1,000 feet underground into a picture of where seawat...

Great Barrier Reef may never recover from bleaching: study

Mar 15, 2017 (AFP)

Australia's Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year's warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study Wednesday that called for urgent action in the fa...

Could Leftover Heat from Last El Nino Fuel a New One

Mar 15, 2017 (JPL)

Some climate models are suggesting that El Nino may return later this year, but for now, the Pacific Ocean lingers in a neutral "La Nada" state, according to cl...

Syria regime bombed Damascus water source: UN

Mar 14, 2017 (AFP)

The Syrian government intentionally bombed the Ain al-Fijeh spring in December, leaving more than five million people in Damascus without access to water, a UN ...

More salt water in Egypt's Nile Delta putting millions at grave risk

Mar 13, 2017 (UPI)

Increased human activity over the last few decades has slowly created a fresh water crisis that now looms for nearly 100 million people in Egypt, a scenario tha...

Boaty McBoatface prepares for first Antarctic mission

Mar 13, 2017 (UPI)

Boaty McBoatface, which received its unusual moniker in an online poll last year, is about to embark on its maiden voyage to conduct scientific research. The Br...

Red tides not random, can be predicted

Mar 13, 2017 (UPI)

Researchers have determined that red tides are not random, but instead have patterns that can be predicted in order to alert officials to the dangers. The Scrip...

Nigeria water shortages hit Boko Haram displaced

Mar 13, 2017 (AFP)

Tens of thousands of people who fled Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria are facing a severe lack of water, compounding widespread food shortages and security fears...

Australia sees second year of Barrier Reef bleaching

Mar 10, 2017 (AFP)

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing an unprecedented second straight year of mass coral bleaching, scientists said Friday, warning many species would...

France's Jarre to play Israel in aid of Dead Sea

Mar 09, 2017 (AFP)

Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre says he will perform in Israel next month in a concert to publicise the plight of the shrinking Dead Sea. The lowest ...

Chicago waterways still flowing after over 100 years

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

As the city of Chicago has grown in population and industry since it was established more than 180 years ago, so has its need for clean water. Meeting that grow...

Why did rainfall over Asian inland plateau region undergo abrupt decrease around 1999

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

The Asian inland plateau (AIP) is located in the East Asian monsoon marginal areas and mainly includes Mongolia and part of northern China. Covering arid and se...

Aussie lake turns vivid pink

Mar 09, 2017 (AFP)

An Australian lake has turned a vivid pink thanks to extreme salt levels further exacerbated by hot weather in a startling natural phenomena that resembles a to...

Stanford biologists identify ancient stress response in corals

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

Stanford marine biologists have discovered that corals activate a specific group of ancient, defensive genes when exposed to stressful environmental conditions....

Study finds massive rogue waves aren't as rare as previously thought

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science scientist Mark Donelan and his Norwegian Meteorological Institute colleague captured new...

More intense and frequent severe rainstorms likely; no drop off expected

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

A University of Connecticut climate scientist confirms that more intense and more frequent severe rainstorms will likely continue as temperatures rise due to gl...

General Electric sells water business to French utility

Mar 08, 2017 (AFP)

French utility Suez said Wednesday it had teamed up with a Canadian investment fund to buy General Electric unit GE Water, building an "unparalleled" new busine...

Massive Hong Kong shark fin seizure as ban flouted

Mar 07, 2017 (AFP)

Hong Kong authorities have seized more than a tonne of shark fins as activists warn traders are sneaking the sought-after delicacy into the city by mislabelling...