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California water consumption drops
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
Water consumption dropped 13.5 percent in California in April compared to the same month in 2013 before water saving measures went into effect, as the western U...
Blueprint for a thirsty world from Down Under
Jun 03, 2015 (SPX)
The Millennium Drought in southeastern Australia forced Greater Melbourne, a city of 4.3 million people, to successfully implement innovations that hold critica...
Tara Oceans expedition yields treasure trove of plankton data
Jun 02, 2015 (SPX)
In five related reports in this issue of the journal Science, a multinational team of researchers who spent three and a half years sampling the ocean's sunlit u...
IS closes Iraq dam gates, sparking humanitarian fears
Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)
Islamic State group jihadists have closed the gates of a dam in the Iraqi city of Ramadi which they seized last month, posing a humanitarian and security threat...
Seals help scientists probe remote seas
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
Seals equipped with sensors on their foreheads are helping scientists collect data from some of the most remote corners of the world, advancing research on glob...
Seas face biodiversity shakeup even under 2 C warming
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
The oceans will undergo a dramatic turnover in biodiversity even if the UN meets its goal of limiting of global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahr...
Australia welcomes UN call on Great Barrier Reef
May 30, 2015 (AFP)
Australia welcomed a draft decision by the United Nations to keep the Great Barrier Reef off its endangered list Saturday, but environmentalists warned of ongoi...
Global ocean microbe-virus interactions, drivers of Earth's ecosystems
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
Hidden among Earth's vast oceans are some of the tiniest and most vital organisms to the health of delicate ecosystems. Ocean microbes produce half of the oxyge...
New model predicts fish population response to dams
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have developed a model to assess how dams affect the viability of sea-run fish species that need to pass dams as they use both fresh and marine wate...
Planktonic world: The new frontier
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
When you mention rich ecosystems that are vital for life on Earth, people tend to think of rainforests, but ocean plankton are actually just as crucial. The mic...
US expands protection for streams, water supply
May 28, 2015 (AFP)
The US Environmental Protection Agency unveiled expanded safeguards Wednesday for streams and wetlands that supply drinking water to more than 100 million peopl...
Pentagon considers underwater recharging stations for sub drones
May 27, 2015 (Sputnik)
The US Navy is aiming within the next 10 years to be able deploy unmanned, underwater pods where robotic mini-subs can recharge undetected and securely upload i...
War leaves 16 million Yemenis without clean water: Oxfam
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
Almost two-thirds of the population of war-torn Yemen have no access to clean water, two months into the Saudi-led air campaign against rebel forces, relief age...
Seals threaten Scottish cod stock recovery
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Predatory seals are constraining the recovery of cod stocks in Scottish West coast waters, research led at the University of Strathclyde suggests. Losses of cod...
Develop models to forecast unseasonal rains
May 25, 2015 (IANS)
Indian meteorologists have to develop new models to predict unseasonal rains, which damaged rabi crops in many parts of the country causing huge losses, the spa...
New research reveals first warm-blooded fish
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated blood throughout its body much li...
Bugs and slugs ideal houseguests for seagrass health
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Marine "bugs and slugs" make ideal houseguests for valuable seagrass ecosystems. They gobble up algae that could smother the seagrass, keeping the habitat clean...
Japan to give $400 mn to Pacific islands to fight climate change
May 23, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday pledged $453 million in aid to Pacific island nations to help them combat climate change and natural disasters. A...
France hits reverse on sinking tyres for artificial reefs
May 22, 2015 (AFP)
Tourists and film stars hitting the beach at the French Riviera resort of Cannes may be blissfully unaware but lurking beneath the sparkling waves are tens of t...
Pockmarks on the lake bed
May 22, 2015 (SPX)
Anna Reusch, a doctoral student at ETH's Geological Institute, was utterly amazed one morning: during a routine measuring run with her research vessel on Lake N...
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