WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Coal plants use enough water to supply 1 bn people

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Coal plants are draining an already dwindling global water supply, Greenpeace warned Tuesday, consuming enough to meet the basic needs of one billion people and...

In Florida, calls to keep 'saving the manatees'

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

When Brandy Pounds swam in central Florida's Crystal River earlier this month, she came so close to an endangered manatee that she could feel the sea cow's brea...

Pacific nations lead the way on Paris climate accord

Mar 21, 2016 (AFP)

Battered by massive cyclones, El Nino-fuelled drought and swollen king tides, fragile Pacific island nations vulnerable to climate change are leading the charge...

Indian city bans gatherings over water riot fears

Mar 21, 2016 (AFP)

Authorities in western India have banned groups of people from gathering near water sources in a drought-ridden city following violent skirmishes between increa...

Calls for climate action over Great Barrier Reef bleaching

Mar 21, 2016 (AFP)

Environmental groups Monday urged greater action on climate change after the government sounded the alarm over severe coral bleaching in the pristine northern r...

Ocean acidification takes a toll on California's coastline at nighttime

Mar 21, 2016 (SPX)

A new study, based on the most-extensive set of measurements ever made in tide pools, suggests that ocean acidification will increasingly put many marine organi...

Coral bleaching at Barrier Reef 'severe': Australia

Mar 20, 2016 (AFP)

Australian authorities said Sunday coral bleaching occurring in the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef had become "severe", the highest alert level, as se...

Ocean acidification along California coast most damaging at night

Mar 18, 2016 (UPI)

Ocean acidification is a growing threat in both the Atlantic and Pacific. New research along the California coast suggests the phenomenon is particularly proble...

Global shift in farmed fish feed may impact nutritional benefits ascribed to seafood

Mar 18, 2016 (SPX)

The fish-farming industry is increasing its use of plant-based ingredients in its feed and moving away from traditional feed made from fish, which could impact ...

Acidification stops shrimp chorus

Mar 18, 2016 (SPX)

Snapping shrimps, the loudest invertebrate in the ocean, may be silenced under increasing ocean acidification, a University of Adelaide study has found. Publish...

Study says marine protected areas can benefit large sharks

Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science published new findings that suggest the expansion of protected a...

Climate change redistributes global water resources

Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)

Rising temperatures worldwide are changing not only weather systems, but - just as importantly - the distribution of water around the globe, according to a stud...

Huron's Chinook salmon fishery unlikely to recover due to food shortage

Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)

Lake Huron's Chinook salmon fishery will likely never return to its glory days because the lake can no longer support the predatory fish's main food source, the...

Desert cactus purifies contaminated water for aquaculture and drinking

Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)

Farm-grown fish are an important source of food with significant and worldwide societal and economic benefits, but the fish that come from these recirculating s...

Boat mooring chains scour seagrass releasing CO2

Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)

The research published in the journal Nature: Scientific Reports surveyed the 'scars' created by mooring chains in the bays around one of Western Australia's ic...

Dueling Climate Cycles May Increase Sea Level Swings

Mar 17, 2016 (JPL)

The tropical Pacific Ocean isn't flat like a pond. Instead, it regularly has a high side and a low side. Natural cycles such as El Nino and La Nina events cause...

Governor insists there's blame to share on Flint water crisis

Mar 17, 2016 (AFP)

Michigan's governor faced blistering criticism from US lawmakers Thursday over his role in the Flint water scandal that saw sky-high levels of toxic lead enter ...

Argentinian coast guard sinks Chinese fishing boat

Mar 16, 2016 (AFP)

Argentinian forces opened fire on and sank a Chinese boat illegally fishing in the South Atlantic after it attempted to ram a coast guard vessel, officials said...

Efficiency of water electrolysis doubled

Mar 15, 2016 (SPX)

Water electrolysis has not yet established itself as a method for the production of hydrogen. Too much energy is lost in the process. Researchers have now doubl...

Calfornia reservoirs get respite but drought still on

Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)

Parched California's reservoirs have been slowly gaining some volume after heavier rains than usual, but it is too soon to determine how this might impact the s...