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Environmental bleaching impairs long term coral reproduction
Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)
A new study by a Florida State University biologist shows that bleaching events brought on by rising sea temperatures are having a detrimental long-term impact ...
Mediterranean tide up a millimetre a year since 1989
Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)
A new database developed by the University of Cantabria (Spain) provides data on sea level variation due to atmospheric changes in the south of Europe between 1...
Scotland creates center for innovation in wave energy
Nov 24, 2014 (UPI)
Scotland, a world leader in renewable energy development, still has a lot to learn in terms of wave energy programs, the energy minister said. Minister Fergus E...
Philippines convicts Chinese 'poachers' despite Beijing's warnings
Nov 24, 2014 (AFP)
A Philippine court on Monday found nine Chinese fishermen guilty of poaching and environmental crimes for fishing in disputed waters, in a case that has straine...
Tibetan mega-dam begins operation: China media
Nov 24, 2014 (AFP)
China has begun generating electricity from Tibet's biggest ever hydropower project, state-run media reported, the latest dam development on Himalayan rivers th...
Researchers tracking tiger sharks in Hawaii after spate of attacks
Nov 24, 2014 (UPI)
In 2012, there were eight reported shark attacks off the beaches of Hawaii. In 2013, there were another eight. Two of the 16 were fatal. In the fall of 2013, sc...
Salinity matters when it comes to sea level changes
Nov 21, 2014 (SPX)
Using ocean observations and a large suite of climate models, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have found that long-term salinity changes have ...
'Aquatic osteoporosis' jellifying lakes
Nov 20, 2014 (SPX)
A plague of "aquatic osteoporosis" is spreading throughout many North American soft-water lakes due to declining calcium levels in the water and hindering the s...
Japanese blueprint sees modern Atlantis spiral deep into ocean
Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)
Forget colonies in space, one Japanese construction company says in the future human beings could live in huge complexes that corkscrew deep into the ocean. Blu...
Extinction risk not the answer for reef futures
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
Leading coral reef scientists in Australia and the USA say there needs to be a new approach to protecting the future of marine ecosystems, with a shift away fro...
NASA sees the Southern Indian Ocean cyclone season awaken
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
The first tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean cyclone season has formed over 300 miles from Diego Garcia. When NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite passed ov...
NYT rapped over Malaysia clean-energy conference
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
Malaysian activists criticised the New York Times on Tuesday for organising a sustainable-energy conference that includes a company spearheading a dam-building ...
China, India to court Pacific nations in Fiji
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
Rival suitors India and China step up their courtship of Pacific island nations this week when Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping head to Fiji following the Group of ...
Greenpeace rammed by Spanish navy
Nov 17, 2014 (UPI)
Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace said one of its protesters suffered a broken leg after its boat was rammed by a Spanish navy boat. Greenpeace is in wate...
20% annual catch hike agreed for bluefin tuna
Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)
Fishing nations agreed Monday to a 20-percent annual increase over three years in quotas of bluefin tuna caught in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic, environm...
Iraqi forces retake one of country's largest dams
Nov 15, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces and Shiite militiamen have recaptured one of Iraq's largest dams, another success in Baghdad's efforts to wrest key facilities back from the Islami...
Australia to ban waste dumping on Great Barrier Reef
Nov 13, 2014 (AFP)
Australia said Thursday it will ban the dumping of dredging waste on most of the Great Barrier Reef as environmentalists called for the government to go further...
Hi-tech punch on nose for sharks could keep swimmers safe
Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)
A high-tech version of the reputedly life-saving punch to a shark's nose is being tested in an effort to protect humans without harming the toothy predators or ...
The oceans' sensitive skin
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
Ocean acidification might alter climate-relevant functions of the oceans' uppermost layer, according to a study by a group of marine scientists published in the...
Biochemistry detective work: Algae at night
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
Photosynthesis is probably the most well-known aspect of plant biochemistry. It enables plants, algae, and select bacteria to transform the energy from sunlight...
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