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Thames study: Rivers can be a source antibiotic resistance
Feb 18, 2015 (SPX)
Rivers and streams could be a major source of antibiotic resistance in the environment. The discovery comes following a study on the Thames river by scientists ...
Scuba divers lead charge against invasive lionfish
Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)
Clad in a gray hooded wetsuit, Eric Billips straps on his scuba tank, grabs a pole spear and nods at his dive buddy as they step feet-first off the boat and dis...
New techniques reveal how microbes shape the health and biodiversity of oceans
Feb 15, 2015 (SPX)
Microbes in the ocean take up massive amounts of carbon dioxide, contributing to the global carbon cycle and affecting climate change. These microbes are abunda...
An ocean of plastic
Feb 15, 2015 (SPX)
Ocean currents have been carrying floating debris into all five of the world's major oceanic gyres for decades. The rotating currents of these so-called "garbag...
Carbon release from ocean helped end the Ice Age
Feb 12, 2015 (SPX)
Published in Nature, the study shows that carbon stored in an isolated reservoir deep in the Southern Ocean re-connected with the atmosphere, driving a rise in ...
Water ice renders short-lived molecule sustainable
Feb 12, 2015 (SPX)
'Antiaromatic compounds' is what chemists call a class of ring molecules which are extremely instable -- the opposite of the highly stable aromatic molecules. B...
Aerial monitors shed light on reed die-back around Central Europe's largest lake
Feb 11, 2015 (SPX)
An international team led by scientists at the University of Leicester has developed a way to increase our understanding of the die-back of reeds throughout Eur...
Reduced rainfall in the northern tropics linked to industrial emissions
Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists have produced a rainfall record strongly suggesting that man-made industrial emissions have contributed to less rainfall in the northern tropics. The...
Australia's Barrier Reef 'risks becoming dumping ground': WWF
Feb 09, 2015 (AFP)
Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be "severely damaged" if the government does not completely ban the dumping of dredge waste in the World Heritage-listed wa...
Heavy rainfall events becoming more frequent on Big Island
Feb 09, 2015 (SPX)
A recent study by University of Hawai'i - Manoa (UHM) researchers determined that heavy rainfall events have become more frequent over the last 50 years on Hawa...
Rivers may constitute 20 percent of continental water flows into oceans
Feb 09, 2015 (SPX)
If you think rivers are what send terrestrial rainfall back into the oceans, you don't know the half of it. And that fraction keeps shrinking. According to new ...
Japan-inspired 'water-house' slashes energy needs
Feb 09, 2015 (AFP)
As UN climate negotiators gather in Geneva this week, one Japan-inspired Hungarian inventor believes he has found a revolutionary and inexpensive way to constru...
In Rio favela, hungry caimans complicate water hunt
Feb 05, 2015 (AFP)
Residents of a Rio de Janeiro favela face a dangerous challenge in their quest for clean drinking water: a canal infested with hungry caimans, South America's a...
Online photos provide evidence for the value of clean water
Feb 05, 2015 (SPX)
Think of the last time you planned a visit to a lake. Why did you choose the lake you did? Did you consider the quality of the water? The answers to these quest...
How will ocean acidification impact marine life?
Feb 04, 2015 (SPX)
Many marine organisms--such as coral, clams, mussels, sea urchins, barnacles, and certain microscopic plankton--rely on equilibrated chemical conditions and pH ...
Study finds deep ocean is source of dissolved iron in Central Pacific
Feb 03, 2015 (SPX)
A new study led by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) points to the deep ocean as a major source of dissolved iron in the central Pac...
Invasive species in the Great Lakes by 2063
Feb 01, 2015 (SPX)
The Great Lakes have been invaded by more non-native species than any other freshwater ecosystem in the world. In spite of increasing efforts to stem the tide o...
New research shows our seas are in trouble
Feb 01, 2015 (SPX)
New research by the University of Sheffield has warned of the increasing risk of extinction to our marine life. Overfishing, pollution, climate change and destr...
Scientists link skyrocketing sea slug populations and warming seas
Feb 01, 2015 (SPX)
The warm ocean temperatures that brought an endangered green sea turtle to San Francisco in September have triggered a population explosion of bright pink, inch...
Ireland touts marine energy potential
Jan 30, 2015 (UPI)
The Irish marine renewable energy sector could be valued as high as $10.1 billion by 2030, the country's energy minister said at a Friday investment conference....
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