WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Tracking the viral parasites cruising our waterways

Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)

Humans aren't the only ones who like to cruise along the waterways, so do viruses. For the first time, a map of fecal viruses traveling our global waterways has...

Toxic algal blooms behind Klamath River dams create health risks far downstream

Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)

A new study has found that toxic algal blooms in reservoirs on the Klamath River can travel more than 180 miles downriver in a few days, survive passage through...

UN steps closer to treaty for protecting ocean life

Jun 19, 2015 (AFP)

The United Nations took a step closer Friday toward crafting a major treaty that would protect marine life beyond territorial waters by passing a resolution at ...

Moroccan villagers harvest fog for water supply

Jun 19, 2015 (AFP)

Green technology to turn fog into fresh water straight from the tap has put an end to exhausting daily treks to distant wells by village women in southwest Moro...

Genetic switch lets marine diatoms do less work at higher CO2

Jun 18, 2015 (SPX)

Diatoms in the world's oceans exhale more oxygen than all the world's rainforests. These tiny drifting algae generate about 20 percent of the oxygen produced on...

China electricity giant starts building new hydropower stations

Jun 18, 2015 (XNA)

Construction began on new hydropower plants with advanced electricity storage in central and east China on Friday, marking the country's latest effort to promot...

Water reveals two sides of Myanmar's economic boom

Jun 17, 2015 (AFP)

Every morning on his way to work in Yangon, builder Zaw Min Tun takes a swig of water at a Buddhist temple, a vital place to quench a thirst for the many ordina...

Earth's groundwater being drained at rapid rate: study

Jun 17, 2015 (AFP)

Human activity is leading to the rapid draining of about one third of the planet's largest underground water reserves and it is unclear how much fluid remains i...

Fish declines linked to effects of excess nutrients on coastal estuaries

Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)

A comprehensive study of a major California estuary has documented the links between nutrient runoff from coastal land use, the health of the estuary as a nurse...

Genetically modified fish on the loose?

Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)

Genetically modified fish that overexpress growth hormone have been created for more than 25 years, but unlike many domesticated crops, transgenic fish have yet...

Travertine reveals ancient Roman aqueduct supply

Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)

For hundreds of years, the Anio Novus aqueduct carried water 87 km (54 miles) from the Aniene River of the Apennine Mountains down into Rome. Built between AD 3...

Longest ever tiger shark tracking reveals remarkable, bird-like migrations

Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)

Tiger sharks are among the largest and most recognizable sharks on the planet, yet many of their habits remain mysterious because they are long-distance travele...

Indigenous Panamanians block highway to protest dam

Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)

Panamanian indigenous protesters and farmers blocked the Pan-American Highway for several hours on Monday to demand the government abandon a European-funded hyd...

Coral reefs defy ocean acidification odds in Palau

Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)

Will some coral reefs be able to adapt to rapidly changing conditions in Earth's oceans? If so, what will these reefs look like in the future? As the ocean abso...

Coral colonies more genetically diverse than assumed

Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)

Coral colonies are more genetically diverse than it has been assumed to date. This is the conclusion drawn by biologists at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, who have co...

Indigenous Panamanians seize highway to protest dam

Jun 15, 2015 (AFP)

Panamanian indigenous protesters and farmers blocked the Pan-American Highway Monday to demand the government abandon a European-funded hydroelectric dam they s...

Weathering and river discharge surprisingly constant during Ice Age cycles

Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)

Over geologic time, the work of rain and other processes that chemically dissolve rocks into constituent molecules that wash out to sea can diminish mountains a...

Diverse coral communities persist in Palau's low-pH waters

Jun 11, 2015 (SPX)

As the ocean absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) released by the burning of fossil fuels, its chemistry is changing. The CO2 reacts with water molecules, l...

Researchers turn to ocean to unravel mysteries of cloud formation

Jun 11, 2015 (SPX)

In a study published in ACS Central Science, a research team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry professor Timothy Bertram peels back the mysteries...

From 'Jaws' to jaw-dropping: swimming with sharks in Bahamas

Jun 11, 2015 (AFP)

Forty years after "Jaws" turned blood-thirsty sharks into the stuff of pop culture legend, Samuel "Doc" Gruber is all too happy to prove that it's safe to go ba...