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Hurricane-hit Haiti receives two water purification stations
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
Two water purification stations arrived in Haiti Tuesday, after Hurricane Matthew plowed through the Caribbean nation last week, leaving hundreds dead and raisi...
Ocean conditions contributed to unprecedented 2015 toxic algal bloom
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
A study led by researchers at the University of Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration connects the unprecedented West Coast toxic a...
Atlantic Ocean's slowdown tied to changes in the Southern Hemisphere
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
The ocean circulation that is responsible for England's mild climate appears to be slowing down. The shift is not sudden or dramatic, as in the 2004 sci-fi movi...
Vietnam court rejects fishermen lawsuits against Taiwan's Formosa
Oct 08, 2016 (AFP)
A Vietnamese court has rejected hundreds of lawsuits filed by fishermen who demanded more compensation from a Taiwanese-owned steel plant responsible for a deva...
Clever fish keep cool
Oct 06, 2016 (SPX)
Ocean warming is occurring at such a rapid rate that fish are searching for cooler waters to call home. A group of international scientists has new evidence tha...
Reservoirs are a major source of greenhouse gases
Oct 06, 2016 (SPX)
Over 1 million dams exist worldwide. These structures have numerous environmental effects, and there is no shortage of research on the various ecological conseq...
Floating DNA reveals urban shorelines support more animal life
Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)
Every living thing leaves a genetic trail in its wake. As animals, plants and microbes shed cells and produce waste, they drop traces of their DNA everywhere - ...
Historical records may underestimate global sea level rise
Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)
New research published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the longest and highest-quality records of historical ocean water levels may underestimate the...
Thousands protest steel plant over Vietnam fish deaths
Oct 02, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of Vietnamese protesters surrounded a Taiwanese steel plant Sunday, some scaling walls and holding signs demanding its closure, as anger flares agains...
Scientists in New Caledonia hope for best after coral bleaching
Oct 01, 2016 (AFP)
Marine biologists are crossing their fingers after New Caledonia's coral reef, a UN-inscribed natural wonder of the world, was hit by bleaching this year. Bleac...
Sharks: feared predator in need of protection
Oct 01, 2016 (AFP)
Sharks may elicit less sympathy than elephants or rhinos, but experts say the feared predators are under increasing pressure from unmanaged commercial fishing a...
Scientists trigger controlled rogue wave in the lab
Sep 30, 2016 (UPI)
Scientists have created what just a few years ago many thought was unpredictable, and thus uncontrollable -- a rogue wave. Researchers at the Aalto University c...
Deep-sea creatures are eating microplastics, new evidence confirms
Sep 30, 2016 (UPI)
A new study showcases the first direct evidence of microplastic consumption by deep-sea animals. During a deep-sea expedition aboard the Royal Research Ship Jam...
World's deepest flooded cave found in Czech Republic
Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)
A Czech-Polish team said Friday it had discovered the world's deepest underwater cave in the eastern Czech Republic. At 404 metres (1,325 feet) deep, the Hranic...
'Marine snow' drifts buoy life on ocean floor
Sep 29, 2016 (UPI)
New maps charted using sonar sensors on Autosub6000 have revealed the importance of "marine snow" to the distribution of biomass on the ocean floor. Marine snow...
Taking the environmental bite out of salmon farming
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
In a peaceful bay off Norway's Hitra island, massive nets teem with salmon destined for dinner tables worldwide -- an export boon for the Nordic nation that com...
Vietnam fishermen sue Taiwan firm over mass fish deaths
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of fishermen in central Vietnam have filed lawsuits demanding more compensation from a Taiwanese firm accused of dumping toxic waste in the ocean that ...
Thirsty megacities poisoning rural groundwater
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
A massive drawdown of water beneath delta-based megacities across the world may be pulling surface pollution deeper into the ground, risking contamination and h...
Two million people without water in Syria's Aleppo: UN
Sep 24, 2016 (AFP)
Nearly two million civilians were without water in Syria's second city of Aleppo on Saturday after regime bombardment damaged one pumping station and rebels shu...
Great white sharks and tuna share super predator genes
Sep 23, 2016 (UPI)
A high metabolism and an impressive swimming pace are two reasons why tuna and great white sharks are such effective predators. New research suggests the two su...
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