WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Underwater grass comeback bodes well for Chesapeake Bay

Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)

The Susquehanna Flats, a large bed of underwater grasses near the mouth of the Susquehanna River, virtually disappeared from the upper Chesapeake Bay after Trop...

The key to drilling wells with staying power in the developing world

Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)

What happens after a well is drilled, fitted with a hand pump, and a community celebrates having access to clean water for the first time? Half of them break do...

Pacific fisheries chief warns tuna stocks dangerously low

Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)

The outgoing head of the fisheries management body for the western and central Pacific has warned that some tuna stocks were now so low they should not be fishe...

Lake Michigan communities to apply for marine sanctuary status

Sep 02, 2014 (UPI)

The Great Lakes currently hosts only one marine sanctuary, the Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan. But Lake Michigan could get another sanctuary,...

Great Barrier Reef dredge dumping plan could be shelved

Sep 02, 2014 (AFP)

An India-backed mining consortium could shelve controversial plans to dump dredging waste in the Great Barrier Reef, with alternative sites on land being consid...

Sierra Nevada freshwater runoff could drop 26 percent by 2100

Sep 02, 2014 (SPX)

Freshwater runoff from the Sierra Nevada may decrease by as much as one-quarter by 2100 due to climate warming on the high slopes, according to scientists at UC...

Nature's tiny engineers

Sep 02, 2014 (SPX)

Conventional wisdom has long held that corals - whose calcium-carbonate skeletons form the foundation of coral reefs - are passive organisms that rely entirely ...

Reducing water scarcity possible by 2050

Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)

Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. In California, legislators are currently proposing a $7.5 billion emergency water plan to their v...

Not all phytoplankton in the ocean need to take their vitamins

Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)

Some species of marine phytoplankton, such as the prolific bloomer Emiliania huxleyi, can grow without consuming vitamin B1 (thiamine), researchers have discove...

Marine protected areas inadequate for protecting fish and ocean ecology

Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)

A new study reports that an expansion of marine protected areas is needed to protect fish species that perform key ecological functions. According to investigat...

Panasonic, Tata join hands in water treatment: report

Aug 30, 2014 (AFP)

Japan's Panasonic will develop a water purification system together with India's Tata Group, tapping into a fast-growing market in Asia, a media report said Sat...

Sunblock poses potential hazard to sea life

Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)

The sweet and salty aroma of sunscreen and seawater signals a relaxing trip to the shore. But scientists are now reporting that the idyllic beach vacation comes...

NOAA offers 20 new coral species federal protection

Aug 28, 2014 (UPI)

Corals are essential to biodiversity in the ocean. They provide food and shelter for a a variety of fish species, serving as a biological anchor for vast marine...

Washington State's Elwha River now dam-less, runs free

Aug 27, 2014 (UPI)

With one last blast of dynamite on Tuesday, the remaining chunks of cement making up what was once Glines Canyon Dam were dislodged and destroyed, freeing Washi...

Marine protected areas might not be enough to help overfished reefs recover

Aug 27, 2014 (SPX)

Pacific corals and fish can both smell a bad neighborhood, and use that ability to avoid settling in damaged reefs. Damaged coral reefs emit chemical cues that ...

Japan to propose 50% cut in young tuna catch

Aug 26, 2014 (AFP)

Japan plans to propose a 50 percent cut on catches of young bluefin tuna in the Western and Central Pacific, officials said Tuesday, in a historic shift aimed a...

Water delivery drivers dice with death in war-torn Gaza

Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)

Mohammed al-Khatib fears for his life every time he gets behind the wheel. In wartime, providing drinking water to homes and schools in Gaza means dicing with d...

Sudan hosts talks on Ethiopian Nile dam row

Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)

Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia opened talks Monday to try to resolve a dispute over a hydro-electric dam being built by Addis Ababa on the Nile. Cairo fears that Eth...

Cause of global warming hiatus found deep in the Atlantic Ocean

Aug 25, 2014 (SPX)

Following rapid warming in the late 20th century, this century has so far seen surprisingly little increase in the average temperature at the Earth's surface. A...

Scientists Detect Evidence of 'Oceans Worth' of Water in Earth's Mantle

Aug 22, 2014 (NASA)

Researchers have found evidence of a potential "ocean's worth" of water deep beneath the United States. Although not present in a familiar form, the building bl...