WATER WORLD

News About The Oceans of Earth

6,978 articles

Stanford scientist examines ways to put stormwater to use in big cities
Dec 17, 2014 (SPX)
Stanford researchers plan to use data from St. Paul, Minnesota, to determine the value of stormwater, and apply these lessons to water projects in Brazil and Et...
The story of a bizarre deep-sea bone worm takes an unexpected twist
Dec 16, 2014 (SPX)
The saga of the Osedax "bone-eating" worms began 12 years ago, with the first discovery of these deep-sea creatures that feast on the bones of dead animals. The...
Fish use chemical camouflage from diet to hide from predators
Dec 16, 2014 (SPX)
A species of small fish uses a homemade coral-scented cologne to hide from predators, a new study has shown, providing the first evidence of chemical camouflage...
Berkeley researchers helping Bangalore residents know when to expect water
Dec 15, 2014 (UPI)
In southern India, water is scarce and people are plenty. As a result, supply of the life-giving liquid is rationed. It's also unpredictable. Women in Bangalore...
Ancient creature discovered in the depths of the Arctic Ocean
Dec 15, 2014 (SPX)
In the depths of the Arctic Ocean, buried deep in the sediment, an ancient creature waited for over a million years to be discovered. Paul Valentich-Scott, from...
Fishermen, environmentalists pressure EU over fish quotas
Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)
EU ministers went into difficult talks Monday to decide on fish catch limits for 2015 as they sought to balance conflicting demands from fishermen and environme...
London sewer cleaners in fatberg fightback
Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)
Every day beneath the streets of London, sewer technicians are fighting a grim war against giant fatbergs which clog the system and threaten to regurgitate putr...
Water's role in the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
Dec 15, 2014 (SPX)
Smart agricultural practices and an extensive grain-trade network enabled the Romans to thrive in the water-limited environment of the Mediterranean, a new stud...
Ecuador hydropower plant accident kills 13, injures 12
Dec 14, 2014 (AFP)
A total of 13 people were killed and 12 injured in a tunnel collapse at a Chinese hydroelectric power station under construction in the Ecuadoran Amazon. Three ...
Giant Chinese water diversion starts to flow
Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)
A multi-billion-dollar man-made river to divert water from China's south to its parched north started to flow on Friday, officials said. The central route of th...
Mexico City sinking as aquifer exhausted
Dec 11, 2014 (UPI)
As Mexico City continues to pull water from the aquifer below, its ground is sinking. The process is called subsidence. Now, the city's subsidence can be visual...
Warmer Pacific Ocean could release millions of tons of seafloor methane
Dec 10, 2014 (SPX)
Off the West Coast of the United States, methane gas is trapped in frozen layers below the seafloor. New research from the University of Washington shows that w...
Maldives says 'worst is over' in water crisis
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
Drinking water supplies in the Maldives have improved sharply thanks to foreign assistance, a minister said Wednesday, after a fire at a purification plant left...
Ancient balloon-shaped animal fossil sheds light on Earth's ancient seas
Dec 10, 2014 (SPX)
A rare 520 million year old fossil shaped like a 'squashed bird's nest' that will help to shed new light on life within Earth's ancient seas has been discovered...
Orange spotted filefish takes on the smell of its food
Dec 10, 2014 (UPI)
For the orange spotted filefish (or harlequin filefish), the saying "you are what you eat" isn't just a cliche, it's a way of life. At some point in evolutionar...
Oceans laden with 269,000 tons of plastic: study
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
The world's oceans are laden with nearly 269,000 tons of plastic pollution, international researchers said on Wednesday after a six-year study of conditions acr...
Scientists find early warning signs of changing ocean circulation
Dec 09, 2014 (UPI)
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC for short, is the large-scale flow of water -- driven by temperature and salinity gradients -- specific...
Antarctic seawater temperatures rising
Dec 09, 2014 (SPX)
The temperature of the seawater around Antarctica is rising according to new research from the University of East Anglia. New research published in the journal ...
Restoring water to Male could take 10 days: official
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
Restoring water supplies to the Maldivian capital could take 10 more days, an official warned Monday, but tourists will not be affected by the crisis in the idy...
Value of Pacific fishing watchdog questioned
Dec 06, 2014 (AFP)
The effectiveness of the fishing watchdog in lucrative Pacific island waters was under scrutiny Saturday after talks aimed at protecting the region's valuable t...
Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.