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For nature, gravel-bed rivers critical feature in western North America
Jun 29, 2016 (SPX)
Gravel-bed river floodplains are some of the most ecologically important habitats in North America, according to a new study by scientists from the U.S. and Can...
The new system that uses sound to alleviate water shortage
Jun 29, 2016 (SPX)
The world is approaching a water crisis. According to the International Water Management Institute, 33 per cent of the world's population will experience water ...
Sea star death triggers ecological domino effect
Jun 29, 2016 (SPX)
A new study by Simon Fraser University marine ecologists Jessica Schultz, Ryan Cloutier and Isabelle Cote has discovered that a mass mortality of sea stars resu...
Ocean forecast offers seasonal outlook for Pacific Northwest waters
Jun 29, 2016 (SPX)
By now we are used to the idea of seasonal weather forecasts - whether to expect an El Nino ski season, or an unusually warm summer. These same types of climate...
New study highlights hidden values of open ocean
Jun 28, 2016 (SPX)
What is the value of the open ocean? While commercial fisheries may be one of the most obvious sources of economic value the ocean provides, they are not the on...
Rains or not, India faces drinking water crisis
Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)
As large swathes of drought-devastated India desperately wait for the monsoon rains to arrive, one village in the dry, hot north is flush with water. But this f...
Blame flows freely as West Bank taps run dry
Jun 26, 2016 (AFP)
Fatma Ali stands in her small patch of garden in the parched West Bank and wonders how to feed her family of seven when she's had no water in nearly a week. "I ...
Heat sickens corals in global bleaching event
Jun 24, 2016 (SPX)
Death is only one possible outcome from coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures due to global warming. Australian scientists report that many survivin...
How water droplets freeze
Jun 24, 2016 (SPX)
Freezing water is a central issue for climate, geology and life. On earth, ice and snow cover 10 percent of the land and up to half of the northern hemisphere i...
Understanding rogue ocean waves may be simple after all
Jun 23, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of scientists has developed a relatively simple mathematical explanation for the rogue ocean waves that can develop seemingly out of nowhe...
Getting water to refugees in arid Niger; a Herculean task
Jun 23, 2016 (AFP)
Getting water day after day to the tens of thousands of refugees stranded in the sweltering desert of Niger due to attacks by Boko Haram Islamists is nothing le...
'Coral zombies' may spell doom for coral reefs around world
Jun 23, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have known for a while that coral reefs around the world are dying, and in a worst-case scenario they were counting on large, healthy-looking corals ...
Tracking the aluminum used to purify tap water
Jun 23, 2016 (SPX)
A Kobe University research group including Associate Professor Maki Hideshi (Center for Environmental Management), PhD candidate Sakata Genki (Graduate School o...
Breathing space for the Gulf Stream
Jun 23, 2016 (SPX)
Greenland's glaciers are melting. Recent work by researchers at the University of Bristol found a 50 per cent increase in the freshwater flux since 1990. Due to...
Lawsuit in Flint water crisis targets French, US companies
Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)
Officials in Michigan filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing a French company and a Texas firm of negligence and fraud for their roles in the lead water contamin...
Australian state buys cattle station to help Barrier Reef
Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)
A huge cattle station that pours sediment into the Great Barrier Reef was bought Wednesday by the government as efforts are stepped up to help the World Heritag...
Dutch inventor harnessing waves to clean up the seas
Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)
The Dutch inventor behind a ground-breaking project to remove millions of tonnes of plastics floating in vast ocean "garbage patches" unveiled Wednesday the fir...
Innovative approach makes for a smoother ride
Jun 21, 2016 (SPX)
Moving through water can be a drag, but the use of supercavitation bubbles can reduce that drag and increase the speed of underwater vehicles. Sometimes these b...
Great Barrier Reef bleaching could cost a million tourists
Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)
Severe coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could cost it more than a million visitors a year and huge sums in lost tourism revenue, a survey said ...
17 bids for Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project: Jordan
Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)
Jordan said Tuesday that 17 international firms have launched tenders for the construction of a canal linking the Red Sea to the shrinking Dead Sea. The ambitio...
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