WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Smithsonian scientists discover coral's best defender against an army of sea stars

Oct 07, 2014 (SPX)

Coral reefs face a suite of perilous threats in today's ocean. From overfishing and pollution to coastal development and climate change, fragile coral ecosystem...

Lack of ocean heat puzzles NASA hunt for warming 'hiatus'

Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)

The deep ocean may not be hiding heat after all, raising new questions about why global warming appears to have slowed in recent years, said the US space agency...

Zooplankton migrations may affect global ocean currents

Oct 03, 2014 (SPX)

Sea monkeys have captured the popular attention of both children and aquarium hobbyists because of their easily observable life cycle -- sold as dehydrated eggs...

Study shows sharks have personalities

Oct 03, 2014 (SPX)

Some sharks are 'gregarious' and have strong social connections, whilst others are more solitary and prefer to remain inconspicuous, according to a new study wh...

Ocean Acidification Could Lead to Collapse of Coral Reefs

Oct 02, 2014 (SPX)

An expedition from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Carnegie Institute of Science has measured a roughly 40% reduction in the rate of calcium carbonat...

Biodiversity in the Mediterranean is threatened by alien species

Oct 02, 2014 (SPX)

Millions of tourists visit the Mediterranean each year, but its deep-blue waters host the largest invasion currently underway on Earth. Almost 1,000 alien speci...

Some sharks are loners, others are gregarious

Oct 02, 2014 (UPI)

Just as people exist on a sliding scale of sociability -- some seeking out and thriving in the presence of others, some preferring personal space and solitude, ...

Modi wields broom in new 'Clean India' push

Oct 02, 2014 (AFP)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded a broom in a New Delhi slum on Thursday as he pledged to sweep away India's reputation for poor public hygiene and rudiment...

Divers capture remarkable images of underwater mountains near the Canary Islands

Oct 02, 2014 (UPI)

Just as there are soaring peaks and deep, dramatic canyons and valleys atop dry land, there are also remarkable geological features hiding beneath the surface o...

Sensitive youngsters

Oct 02, 2014 (SPX)

Young sea stars from the Baltic Sea suffer more from the effects of ocean acidification than adults. In a laboratory experiment, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholt...

Great Barrier Reef survival key to indigenous identity

Oct 02, 2014 (AFP)

To the world, the Great Barrier Reef is a natural wonder and vast underwater kingdom, boasting some of the rarest animals and plants. To Aboriginal Australian G...

Indonesia makes first arrests of manta ray traders

Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)

Indonesia has detained three traders for attempting to illegally sell manta rays, the first such arrests since the world's biggest archipelago introduced legisl...

Shape up quickly - applies to fish too

Oct 01, 2014 (SPX)

Fish can live in almost any aquatic environment on Earth, but when the climate changes and temperatures go up many species are pushed to the limit. The amount o...

Terra satellite shows how much the Aral Sea has dried up

Oct 01, 2014 (UPI)

What was once the fourth largest lake in the world is now a shadow of its former self. NASA recently released a series of images from the Terra satellite that s...

Ocean Health Index issues world's seas a near-failing grade

Oct 01, 2014 (UPI)

On their latest report card, the world's oceans were docked points for overfishing, pollution, climate change, and weak environmental protections, ultimately ea...

600-year-old canoe helps explain migration from East Polynesia to New Zealand

Sep 30, 2014 (UPI)

A pair of new studies, including the discovery a sophisticated 600-year-old canoe in New Zealand, are finally helping to explain how people of East Polynesia ma...

Treated wastewater from fracking potentially harmful

Sep 26, 2014 (SPX)

Concerns that fluids from hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," are contaminating drinking water abound. Now, scientists are bringing to light another angle that...

Star Trekish, rafting scientists make bold discovery on Fraser River

Sep 26, 2014 (SPX)

A Simon Fraser University-led team behind a new discovery has "...had the vision to go, like Star Trek, where no one has gone before: to a steep and violent bed...

Ireland narrowing wave energy field

Sep 26, 2014 (UPI)

Wave energy pioneer Pelamis said Friday it was put on the short list of companies slated for a role alongside Irish utility company ESB. The Irish government ai...

Earth's water is older than the sun

Sep 26, 2014 (SPX)

Water was crucial to the rise of life on Earth and is also important to evaluating the possibility of life on other planets. Identifying the original source of ...