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Need a water filter? Peel a tree branch
Mar 04, 2014 (SPX)
If you've run out of drinking water during a lakeside camping trip, there's a simple solution: Break off a branch from the nearest pine tree, peel away the bark...
Marshall Islands want US to resolve unfinished nuclear legacy
Mar 01, 2014 (AFP)
Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak called on the United States Saturday to resolve the "unfinished business" of its nuclear testing legacy in the west...
Uncovering the secret world of the Plastisphere
Feb 28, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists are revealing how microbes living on floating pieces of plastic marine debris affect the ocean ecosystem, and the potential harm they pose to inverte...
Unstable Atlantic deep ocean circulation under future climate conditions
Feb 28, 2014 (SPX)
Today, deep waters formed in the northern North Atlantic fill approximately half of the deep ocean globally. In the process, this impacts on the circum-Atlantic...
Seed-filled buoys may help restore diverse sea meadows in San Francisco Bay
Feb 27, 2014 (SPX)
A pearl net filled with seedpods, tethered by a rope anchored in the coastal mud but swaying with the tide, could be an especially effective way to restore disa...
Legal harvest of marine turtles tops 42,000 each year
Feb 27, 2014 (SPX)
A new study has found that 42 countries or territories around the world permit the harvest of marine turtles - and estimates that more than 42,000 turtles are c...
Veolia reports loss, sees recovery, and shares surge
Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)
French water and waste services group Veolia reported a net loss of 2013 on Thursday but said it expected better times this year, sending its shares surging. Ve...
What is El Nino Taimasa?
Feb 26, 2014 (SPX)
During very strong El Nino events, sea level drops abruptly in the tropical western Pacific and tides remain below normal for up to a year in the South Pacific,...
Frequent flyers, bottle gourds crossed the ocean many times
Feb 26, 2014 (SPX)
Bottle gourds traveled the Atlantic Ocean from Africa and were likely domesticated many times in various parts of the New World, according to a team of scientis...
In Chile, rival barnacles keep competition cool
Feb 26, 2014 (SPX)
Here are two facts that make the lowly barnacle important: They are popular models for ecology research, and they are very sensitive to temperature. Given that,...
We need to pull together to save oceans: Kerry
Feb 26, 2014 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned royalty, corporate kings and environmental warriors Tuesday that governments won't save the seas without "significant im...
Faroe Islands steps up EU fish fight with WTO panel
Feb 26, 2014 (AFP)
The Faroe Islands on Wednesday advanced its battle with the European Union over fishing rights as the World Trade Organisation agreed to examine the dispute. A ...
Salt Stratification Determines the Fate of Fish Stocks in the Baltic Sea
Feb 25, 2014 (SPX)
In the Baltic Sea, two cod stocks evolve independently. Also the juveniles of two economically important flatfish species, flounder and plaice, live there withi...
Australian inquiry finds reef board mining conflict 'unfounded'
Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)
An inquiry has found that two members of the board which manages Australia's Great Barrier Reef have no conflict of interest despite links to the resources sect...
Graduate Student Makes Major Discovery About Seal Evolution
Feb 24, 2014 (SPX)
In the world of science, one of the most exciting things a researcher can do is pin down an answer to a widely asked question. This experience came early for Ca...
Indonesia announces world's biggest manta ray sanctuary
Feb 21, 2014 (AFP)
Indonesia on Friday instituted the world's biggest manta ray sanctuary covering millions of square kilometres as it seeks to protect the huge winged fish and dr...
Deep ocean needs policy, stewardship where it never existed
Feb 20, 2014 (SPX)
Technological advances have made the extraction of deep sea mineral and precious metal deposits feasible, and the dwindling supply of land-based materials creat...
Suez Environnement reports profit leap, eyes China
Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)
Suez Environnement, a world leader in managing water supplies and waste management, on Thursday reported a surge in net profit last year and was bullish about t...
Laos dam plan threatens existence of rare dolphin: WWF
Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)
A dam which Laos plans to build across the Mekong River could wipe out critically endangered dolphins in downstream Cambodia, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warn...
Ancient herring catch nets fisheries weakness
Feb 20, 2014 (SPX)
Archaeological data indicate modern herring management needs to take a longer look into the past to manage fisheries for the future says a new study involving S...
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