WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Study: Ritual human sacrifice maintained social stratification

Apr 05, 2016 (UPI)

New research suggests a strong link between ritual human sacrifice and social hierarchy. Researchers from the University of Auckland confirmed the correlation w...

Green sea turtles of Florida, Mexico no longer 'endangered'

Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)

Green sea turtles of Florida and the Pacific coast of Mexico are no longer considered "endangered," US officials said Tuesday, hailing decades of conservation w...

Increased flooding due to sea-level rise in Miami

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

A new University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led study found that Miami Beach flood events have significantly increased ov...

Ocean scientists want action plan to combat seawater chemistry changes

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

Global carbon dioxide emissions are triggering permanent and alarming changes to ocean chemistry along the North American West Coast that require immediate, dec...

Fishing for the future of coral reefs

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

New fishery regulations based on science are needed in the Caribbean to give coral reefs a fighting chance against climate change, according to an international...

Researchers discover ways to improve red tide predictions

Apr 04, 2016 (SPX)

After years of study, University of South Florida College of Marine Science researchers and colleagues have identified reasons why some years are worse than oth...

Drought-hit Palau could dry up totally this month

Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)

Drought-stricken Palau could dry up completely this month, officials warned Monday as the Pacific island appealed for urgent aid from Japan and Taiwan, includin...

Tracking 'marine heatwaves' since 1950 - and how the 'blob' stacks up

Mar 31, 2016 (SPX)

Unusually warm oceans can have widespread effects on marine ecosystems. Warm patches off the Pacific Northwest from 2013 to 2015, and a couple of years earlier ...

Severe water stress likely in Asia by 2050

Mar 31, 2016 (SPX)

Economic and population growth on top of climate change could lead to serious water shortages across a broad swath of Asia by the year 2050, a newly published s...

The ocean below

Mar 31, 2016 (SPX)

Vast and amorphous, the ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. It is a key player in the global carbon cycle, producing about half of the wor...

Sea-level rise could nearly double over earlier estimates in next 100 years

Mar 31, 2016 (SPX)

A new study from climate scientists Robert DeConto at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and David Pollard at Pennsylvania State University suggests that t...

Better global ocean management

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

New groundbreaking research shows that with improved fishing approaches - compared to business as usual - the majority of the world's wild fisheries could be at...

Beach replenishment may have 'far reaching' impacts on ecosystems

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

UC San Diego biologists who examined the biological impact of replenishing eroded beaches with offshore sand found that such beach replenishment efforts could h...

Storing extra surface water boosts groundwater supply during droughts

Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)

Although years of drought and over-pumping have significantly depleted groundwater in Arizona and California, a new study shows the situation has an upside: It ...

Scientists part the clouds on how droplets form

Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)

There is enough known about cloud formation that replicating its mechanism has become a staple of the school science project scene. But a new study by scientist...

World's nations gather to rescue ocean life

Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)

It took a decade to get to the negotiating table, and it could easily take another to finish the job, but UN talks in New York to safeguard life in the high sea...

Bolivia to take Chile to court over water dispute

Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)

Bolivian President Evo Morales said Saturday that his country has decided to file suit against Chile at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over a water di...

Protecting coral reefs with bubbles

Mar 24, 2016 (SPX)

Blowing tiny bubbles through seawater could help protect coral reefs and oyster farms from oceans turned increasingly acidic through human activities by strippi...

Galapagos lakes reveal tropical Pacific climate since Biblical times

Mar 22, 2016 (SPX)

When it comes to Earth's climate, what happens in the tropical Pacific Ocean has an outsize influence. The climate state of the vast equatorial Pacific, which c...

Malaysia tribes say controversial Borneo dam is scrapped

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Malaysian tribal activists who have fought for years against a planned hydroelectric dam declared victory on Tuesday, saying the state government has scrapped a...