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Some corals adjusting to rising ocean temperatures
Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)
To most people, 86-degree Fahrenheit water is pleasant for bathing and swimming. To most sea creatures, however, it's deadly. As climate change heats up ocean t...
New Research Focuses on Streamwater Chemistry, Landscape Variation
Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)
Winsor Lowe, interim director of the University of Montana's Wildlife Biology Program, co-wrote a research paper published April 21 in the Proceedings of the Na...
WSU innovation improves drowsy driver detection
Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at Washington State University Spokane have developed a new way to detect when drivers are about to nod off behind the wheel. Their recently patente...
EU calls on Morocco to ratify fisheries deal quickly
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
The European Union called Monday on Morocco to quickly ratify an accord opening up the country's waters to the bloc's fishermen, especially from Spain, saying t...
Ukraine has cut back water supply to Crimea
Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)
Ukraine has reduced its water supplies to the Crimea peninsula, which was annexed by Russia last month, the region's governor Sergei Aksyonov said Saturday. "Uk...
Study: Centuries of sand to grow Mississippi Delta
Apr 25, 2014 (SPX)
The wetlands of the Mississippi River Delta are slowly sinking and rapidly eroding, but new research from Rice University and the University of South Carolina h...
Philippine Airlines quits flying shark fins amid outcry
Apr 24, 2014 (AFP)
Philippine Airlines (PAL) said Thursday it has stopped flying shark fin cargoes, joining a number of other Asia-Pacific carriers in taking a stand for marine co...
Long-term predictions for Miami sea level rise could be available relatively soon
Apr 23, 2014 (SPX)
Miami could know as early as 2020 how high sea levels will rise into the next century, according to a team of researchers including Florida International Univer...
60% of China underground water polluted: report
Apr 23, 2014 (AFP)
Sixty percent of underground water in China which is officially monitored is too polluted to drink directly, state media have reported, underlining the country'...
Researchers question emergency water treatment guidelines
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) recommendations for treating water after a natural disaster or other emergencies call for more chlorine bleach tha...
Florida is 'Ground Zero' for sea level rise
Apr 22, 2014 (AFP)
Warm sunshine and sandy beaches make south Florida and its crown city, Miami, a haven for tourists, but the area is increasingly endangered by sea level rise, e...
Two-thirds of underwater search done, no sign of MH370
Apr 21, 2014 (AFP)
Two-thirds of the planned underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been completed, with no signs so far of the jet, Australian officials...
Making dams safer for fish around the world
Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)
Think of the pressure change you feel when an elevator zips you up multiple floors in a tall building. Imagine how you'd feel if that elevator carried you all t...
Declining catch rates in Caribbean green turtle fishery
Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)
A 20-year assessment of Nicaragua's legal, artisanal green sea turtle fishery has uncovered a stark reality: greatly reduced overall catch rates of turtles in w...
Recycling industrial waste water
Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)
A research group composed of Dr. Martin Prechtl, Leo Heim and their colleagues at the University of Cologne's Department of Chemistry has discovered a new metho...
Changes in processing, handling could reduce commercial fishing injuries
Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)
Handling frozen fish caused nearly half of all injuries aboard commercial freezer-trawlers and about a quarter of the injuries on freezer-longliner vessels oper...
Sub dives deeper in hunt for missing MH370
Apr 18, 2014 (AFP)
The mini-sub searching for missing flight MH370 has reached record depths well beyond its normal operating limits, officials said Friday as it dived on its fift...
Water users can reduce the risk of spreading invasive species
Apr 17, 2014 (SPX)
Foreign species that are devastating water ecosystems could be "hitchhiking" around Britain on canoeists' and anglers' kit, according to a new study. Invaders l...
Puget Sound's rich waters supplied by deep, turbulent canyon
Apr 17, 2014 (SPX)
The headwaters for Puget Sound's famously rich waters lie far below the surface, in a submarine canyon that draws nutrient-rich water up from the deep ocean. Ne...
Researchers describe four new species of killer sponges from the deep sea
Apr 17, 2014 (SPX)
Killer sponges sound like creatures from a B-grade horror movie. In fact, they thrive in the lightless depths of the deep sea. Scientists first discovered that ...
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