WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Ocean acidification study offers warnings for marine life, habitats

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

Acidification of the world's oceans could drive a cascading loss of biodiversity in some marine habitats, according to research published in Nature Climate Chan...

Answering a longstanding question: Why is the surface of ice wet?

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

A team of Hokkaido University scientists has unraveled a 150-year-old mystery surrounding the surface melting of ice crystals in subzero environments by using a...

Marine microalgae, a new sustainable food and fuel source

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

Taken from the bottom of the marine food chain, microalgae may soon become a top-tier contender to combat global warming, climate change and food insecurity, ac...

Unraveling the mysterious source of methane gas in the ocean

Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)

For decades, marine chemists have faced an elusive paradox. The surface waters of the world's oceans are supersaturated with the greenhouse gas methane, yet mos...

Catch quota to protect Mediterranean swordfish

Nov 21, 2016 (AFP)

A world body of fishing and shipping nations approved a catch quota Monday to protect the overharvested Mediterranean swordfish, its population slashed by more ...

Corals survived Caribbean climate change

Nov 18, 2016 (SPX)

Half of all coral species in the Caribbean went extinct between 1 and 2 million years ago, probably due to drastic environmental changes. Which ones survived? S...

Kelp forests globally resilient, but may need local solutions to environmental threats

Nov 17, 2016 (SPX)

The first global assessment of marine kelp ecosystems shows that these critically-important habitats have exhibited a surprising resilience to environmental imp...

Underwater video reveals culprits behind disappearance of NSW kelp forests

Nov 17, 2016 (SPX)

Seaweed-eating fish are becoming increasingly voracious as the ocean warms due to climate change and are responsible for the recent destruction of kelp forests ...

Slovenia amends constitution to ensure right to water

Nov 17, 2016 (AFP)

Green-friendly Slovenia amended its constitution on Thursday to ensure access to drinkable water was a fundamental right for all citizens and could not be comme...

Study finds less gloomy outlook for subtropical rainfall

Nov 17, 2016 (SPX)

A new study found that rainfall over land in the subtropics - including in the southeastern U.S. - will not decline as much as it does over oceans in response t...

New LEDs may offer better way to clean water in remote areas

Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)

For the first time, researchers have created light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on lightweight flexible metal foil. Engineers at The Ohio State University are develop...

Swimmers worth their salt cross shrinking Dead Sea

Nov 15, 2016 (AFP)

A group of swimmers braved the sting of extremely salty waters to cross the Dead Sea from Jordan to Israel on Tuesday, a seven-hour challenge that organisers de...

Quantifying the hidden environmental cost of hydroelectric dams

Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)

Hydroelectricity is a renewable energy, and the facilities that produce it give off less greenhouse gases than other power plants. But damming bodies of water c...

Conservation meeting mulls fate of bluefin, swordfish

Nov 12, 2016 (AFP)

Fishing and shipping nations gather in Portugal next week to consider the fate of the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna and overharvested Mediterranean swordfish...

Myanmar probes controversial China-backed dam

Nov 12, 2016 (AFP)

Myanmar is probing whether to resume construction on a controversial Chinese-backed dam, state media reported Saturday, with promises to listen to fierce public...

Experts call on climate change panel to better reflect ocean variability in their projections

Nov 11, 2016 (SPX)

Ocean variability and realistic marine regional projections should be included in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports to better inform poli...

Climate, human influence conspired in Lake Urmia's decline

Nov 11, 2016 (SPX)

The dramatic decline of Iran's Lake Urmia - once the second-largest hypersaline lake in the world - has both direct human and climatic causes, according to a ne...

The two types of liquid water

Nov 11, 2016 (SPX)

There are two types of liquid water, according to research carried out by an international scientific collaboration. This new peculiarity adds to the growing li...

Game theory shows how tragedies of the commons might be averted

Nov 11, 2016 (SPX)

Lake Lanier in Georgia is the primary water reservoir serving suburban and metropolitan Atlanta. When the lake's water level drops below a certain point, calls ...

India top court orders Punjab state to share river water

Nov 10, 2016 (AFP)

India's top court ordered authorities in northern Punjab state Thursday to share river water supplies with a neighbouring state, triggering a spate of resignati...