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China's struggle for water security
Apr 18, 2015 (AFP)
Way back in 1999, before he became China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao warned that water scarcity posed one of the greatest threats to the "survival of the natio...
Iceberg armadas not the cause of North Atlantic cooling
Apr 17, 2015 (SPX)
Previous studies have suggested that pulses of icebergs may have caused cycles of abrupt climate change during the last glacial period by introducing fresh wate...
Longest mammal migration raises questions about distinct species
Apr 17, 2015 (SPX)
A team of scientists from the United States and Russia has documented the longest migration of a mammal ever recorded - a round-trip trek of nearly 14,000 miles...
Can't pay? Won't pay! -- putting a price on water
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
It's arguably our most vital and precious natural resource, and one that is growing dangerously scarce from China to California, but no matter how much we value...
US govt sued over sea turtles snared in shrimp nets
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles die every year in the United States when they are inadvertently snared in shrimp nets, an environmental group allege...
Indian village gets 'world's cheapest bottled water'
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
Charity workers have teamed with an impoverished village in eastern India to develop what they say is the world's cheapest bottle of drinking water -- costing l...
The life force of African rivers
Apr 16, 2015 (SPX)
The common hippopotamus can spend up to 16 hours a day immersed in rivers and lakes. Lumbering out of the water at night, these herbivores graze on tropical gra...
Research details 40 million-year-old family tree of baleen whales
Apr 16, 2015 (SPX)
New research from New Zealand's University of Otago is providing the most comprehensive picture of the evolutionary history of baleen whales, which are not only...
Coexisting in a sea of competition
Apr 15, 2015 (SPX)
Diversity of life abounds on Earth, and there's no need to look any farther than the ocean's surface for proof. There are over 200,000 species of phytoplankton ...
New source of methane discovered in the Arctic Ocean
Apr 15, 2015 (SPX)
Methane, a highly effective greenhouse gas, is usually produced by decomposition of organic material, a complex process involving bacteria and microbes. But the...
Typhoon Haiyan's storm surge may contaminate aquifer for years
Apr 15, 2015 (SPX)
In research of significance to the world's expanding coastal populations, scientists have found that geology and infrastructure play key roles in determining wh...
'Warm blob' in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the US
Apr 15, 2015 (SPX)
The one common element in recent weather has been oddness. The West Coast has been warm and parched; the East Coast has been cold and snowed under. Fish are swi...
Oil spill leaves 100,000 Mexicans without water
Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)
Some 100,000 people remained without drinking water in southern Mexico on Wednesday after rivers were contaminated by an oil spill triggered when thieves tapped...
Combined sewer systems lead to risk of illness after heavy rains
Apr 14, 2015 (SPX)
Consumers whose drinking water can be contaminated by the release of untreated wastewater after heavy rains face increased risk for gastrointestinal illness, ac...
Smithsonian's Panama debate fueled by zircon dating
Apr 14, 2015 (SPX)
New evidence published in Science by Smithsonian geologists dates the closure of an ancient seaway at 13 to 15 million years ago and challenges accepted theorie...
Recipe for saving coral reefs: Add more fish
Apr 14, 2015 (SPX)
Fish are the key ingredients in a new recipe to diagnose and restore degraded coral reef ecosystems, according to scientists from the Australian Institute of Ma...
Mysteries of the deep
Apr 14, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists who have spent much of their careers peering out of deep-sea submersibles to learn about deep-sea coral and sponges recently turned their attention t...
Pacific Ocean responsible for global warming slowdown
Apr 14, 2015 (UPI)
The climate is warming. Temperatures have been rising significantly over the last half-century. But over the last 15 to 20 years, temperatures haven't been risi...
Philippines: China's island reclamation activities damaging reefs
Apr 13, 2015 (UPI)
China's activities in the South China Sea have increasingly raised the ire of its neighbors. With each new island reclamation project or offshore oil exploratio...
Sea sponge anchors are natural models of strength
Apr 12, 2015 (SPX)
Life may seem precarious for the sea sponge known as Venus' flower basket. Tiny, hair-like appendages made essentially of glass are all that hold the creatures ...
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