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Record-breaking heavy rainfall events increased under global warming
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
Heavy rainfall events setting ever new records have been increasing strikingly in the past thirty years. While before 1980, multi-decadal fluctuations in extrem...
Scientists to use baited cameras to count world shark population
Jul 08, 2015 (UPI)
A monumental shark survey is about to get underway on ocean floors across the globe. Researchers are deploying baited cameras at several hundred underwater loca...
Restored streams take 25 years or longer to recover
Jul 07, 2015 (SPX)
New research has found that the number of plant species growing just next to restored streams can take up to 25 years to increase above those channelized during...
U.S. wades deeper into marine energy
Jul 07, 2015 (UPI)
Testing a prototype wave energy device at a U.S. Navy site in Hawaii will provide information needed to determine commercial possibilities, the government said....
Fish need to find new habitats or perish
Jul 07, 2015 (SPX)
Climate change is forcing fish out of their current habitats and into cooler waters and many more species will soon be affected if climate goals are not met, sa...
Will climate change put mussels off the menu
Jul 07, 2015 (SPX)
Climate change models predict that sea temperatures will rise significantly, including in the tropics. In these areas, rainfall is also predicted to increase, r...
Researcher discovers groundwater modeling breakthrough
Jul 07, 2015 (SPX)
A University of Wyoming professor has made a discovery that answers a nearly 100-year-old question about water movement, with implications for agriculture, hydr...
The very hungry sea anemone
Jul 05, 2015 (SPX)
The surprising culinary preferences of an abyssal sea anemone have been unveiled by a team of scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). New time-l...
Study reveals mechanism regulating methane emissions in wetlands
Jul 05, 2015 (SPX)
Though they occupy a small fraction of the Earth's surface, freshwater wetlands are the largest natural source of methane going into the atmosphere. New researc...
Seafood supply altered by climate change
Jul 05, 2015 (SPX)
The global supply of seafood is set to change substantially and many people will not be able to enjoy the same quantity and dishes in the future due to climate ...
Unseasonal storm wreaks havoc in Marshalls
Jul 04, 2015 (AFP)
Residents in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro attempted a clean up Saturday after a powerful storm damaged houses and smashed boats while another unseasonal ...
New genus and species of 'living fossil' octocoral related to blue coral
Jul 03, 2015 (SPX)
Research conducted in Okinawa, Japan, by graduate student Yu Miyazaki and associate professor James Davis Reimer from the University of the Ryukyus has found a ...
Cuban, US scientists bond over big sharks
Jul 03, 2015 (AFP)
Somewhere in the North Atlantic right now, a longfin mako shark -- a cousin of the storied great white -- is cruising around, oblivious to the yellow satellite ...
Hydroelectric dams drastically reduce tropical forest biodiversity
Jul 03, 2015 (SPX)
Widely hailed as 'green' sources of renewable energy, hydroelectric dams have been built worldwide at an unprecedented scale. But research from the University o...
Pact with devil? California farmers use oil firms' water
Jul 03, 2015 (AFP)
An efficient solution to a historic drought, or an environmentally risky pact with the devil? That's the question raised by California farmers who are irrigatin...
Ocean algae will cope well in varying climates
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
Tiny marine algae that play a critical role in supporting life on Earth may be better equipped to deal with future climate change than previously expected, rese...
A 'hydrothermal siphon' drives water circulation through the seafloor
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
Vast quantities of ocean water circulate through the seafloor, flowing through the volcanic rock of the upper oceanic crust. A new study by scientists at UC San...
Watershed science calls for integrated research methods
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
A watershed is a basic unit of the land-surface system and also is a system that exchanges material, energy, and information with the external world while remai...
Scientists find deepest-ever-dwelling centipede species
Jun 30, 2015 (UPI)
It's the centipede from hell -- or the centipede trying to dig a hole to China. It's a centipede really far below your feet. A team of researchers recently disc...
Californians struggle for 'normal life,' without water
Jun 30, 2015 (AFP)
A washing machine stands in the middle of Maria Jimenez's California yard, like a redundant relic of modern life. Nearby are several rented mobile toilets, no l...
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