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What are the mechanisms of zooxanthella expulsion from coral?
Dec 30, 2014 (SPX)
Coral bleaching, which often results in the mass mortality of corals and in the collapse of coral reef ecosystems, has become an important issue around the worl...
Life on an aquaplanet
Dec 29, 2014 (SPX)
Nearly 2,000 planets beyond our solar system have been identified to date. Whether any of these exoplanets are hospitable to life depends on a number of criteri...
NOAA declines to list pinto abalone as endangered
Dec 28, 2014 (UPI)
In a status review of the pinto abalone, the National Marine Fisheries Service declined to list the species as endangered, arguing the six-inch-long sea snail i...
Nepal's thirsty capital loses ancient taps to construction
Dec 28, 2014 (AFP)
From early morning, housewives carrying buckets and brass pots queue in the back streets of Nepal's capital for the free water pumped from a network of ancient ...
Doubts as giant China project's water reaches capital
Dec 27, 2014 (AFP)
A towering dam in central China holds back a vast expanse of water destined to travel over 1,000 kilometres north to Beijing, but critics say it will only tempo...
Trade Winds ventilate the Tropical Oceans
Dec 26, 2014 (SPX)
Long-term observations indicate that the oxygen minimum zones in the tropical oceans have expanded in recent decades. The reason is still unknown. Now scientist...
Australia's coastal network keeps watch on extreme ocean events
Dec 26, 2014 (SPX)
A network of nine reference sites off the Australian coast is providing the latest physical, chemical, and biological information to help scientists better unde...
Coral reveals long-term link between Pacific winds, global climate
Dec 26, 2014 (SPX)
New research indicates that shifts in Pacific trade winds played a key role in twentieth century climate variation, a sign that they may again be influencing gl...
Four including Chinese killed in Pakistan dam accident
Dec 24, 2014 (AFP)
Four people including a Chinese engineer were killed Wednesday when a wall collapsed at a construction site for a major dam project in Kashmir, officials said. ...
Anger against water tax shakes up Ireland
Dec 24, 2014 (AFP)
Mass protests against new water taxes set to be introduced in Ireland from January 1 have shown up deep wells of resentment after years of austerity, even as th...
Ancient Earth Made Its Own Water - Geologically
Dec 23, 2014 (SPX)
by Pam Frost Gorder A new study is helping to answer a longstanding question that has recently moved to the forefront of earth science: Did our planet make its ...
Colorado River Delta greener after engineered pulse of water
Dec 23, 2014 (SPX)
The engineered spring flood that brought water to previously dry reaches of the lower Colorado River and its delta resulted in greener vegetation, the germinati...
Protests as Nicaragua launches ambitious canal
Dec 22, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese company launched work Monday on a $50 billion canal across Nicaragua, an ambitious rival to the Panama Canal that skeptics dismiss as a pipe dream and...
Global warming blamed for Pacific coral bleaching
Dec 22, 2014 (AFP)
The Marshall Islands is experiencing its worst-ever coral bleaching as global warming threatens reefs across the entire northern Pacific, scientists said Monday...
Major U.S. cities have passed the 'tipping point' for sea level rise, according to a new study
Dec 20, 2014 (UPI)
Washington, D.C. and Annapolis, Md. are already past a "tipping point" for frequent flooding caused by sea level rise, a new study finds. Using tide-gauge data ...
Researchers film fish at record-setting depth
Dec 19, 2014 (UPI)
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland recently broke their own record for deepest recorded fish twice in one expedition. While exploring the Mar...
Rosetta Reignites Debate on Earth's Oceans
Dec 18, 2014 (SPX)
Where did our planet get its oceans? Among planetary scientists, this is one of the most important and perplexing questions about the origins of Earth. One popu...
Is effluent water the future?
Dec 17, 2014 (SPX)
In June, Bernd Leinauer, New Mexico State University professor and extension turfgrass specialist, and Elena Sevostianova, post-doctoral research associate, wer...
EU agrees fish quotas seen as too lax by environmentalists
Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)
EU member states have introduced fish catch limits for next year for the Atlantic and North Sea that environmentalists say fail to protect some overfished stock...
Uphill battle to tackle Indonesian shark fishing
Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)
Sharks are hauled ashore every day at a busy market on the central Indonesian island of Lombok, the hub of a booming trade that provides a livelihood for local ...
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