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Smithsonian reports fiery-red coral species discovered in the Peruvian Pacific
Feb 05, 2014 (SPX)
A new coral species, Psammogorgia hookeri, has been collected by scuba divers from rocky ledges at depths to 25 meters in Peru's Paracas National Reserve. The c...
Satellites Show California Water Storage at Near-Decade Low
Feb 05, 2014 (SPX)
Updates to satellite data show that California's Sacramento and San Joaquin River basins are at near decade-low water storage levels. These and other findings o...
From Rivers to Landslides: Charting the Slopes of Sediment Transport
Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)
In the Earth Surface Dynamics Lab at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) the behavior of rivers is modeled through the use of artificial rivers-flu...
Mysterious ocean circles in the Baltic Ocean explained
Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)
Are they bomb craters from World War II? Are they landing marks for aliens? Since the first images of the mysterious ocean circles off the Baltic coast of Denma...
Is there an ocean beneath our feet?
Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that deep sea fault zones could transport much larger amounts of water from the Earth's oceans to the upper...
Sea level variations escalating along eastern Gulf of Mexico coast
Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)
Around the globe, sea levels typically rise a little in summer and fall again in winter. Now, a new study shows that, from the Florida Keys to southern Alabama,...
Australia claims 'substantial' progress on reef protection
Feb 02, 2014 (AFP)
Australia said it had made "substantial" progress on UNESCO benchmarks for protection of the Great Barrier Reef Sunday in a report aimed at staving off a world ...
Delays for mega power project in Chile's Patagonia
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
The construction of five controversial hydroelectric power plants, part of an energy project in Chile's Patagonia region, has been suspended pending further stu...
Southern England has wettest January since 1910
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Parts of southern England have seen the wettest January since records began in 1910, figures showed on Thursday, as the army was called in to help one flooded a...
Weak El Nino possible by mid-2014: WMO
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
The Pacific Ocean could see a warming El Nino climate phenomenon emerge by the middle of this year, the UN's weather agency said Thursday. "Current model outloo...
Japan navy admits losing $5 mn submarine
Jan 29, 2014 (AFP)
Japan admitted Wednesday that its navy lost a $5 million unmanned submarine during a survey last year, with a nine-day search of the ocean floor yielding nothin...
NMSU expert seeks alternative irrigation sources to save potable landscaping water
Jan 28, 2014 (SPX)
New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service Specialist Bernd Leinauer is a turfgrass expert, studying and researching ways to preserve green space...
UN warns climate change is drowning Senegal
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
The United Nations' head of disaster risk warned Tuesday that flooding caused by climate change had become an emergency in Senegal, with some towns finding them...
Whale shark factory found in China: conservationists
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
A factory which processes around 600 whale sharks annually has been found in southern China, a conservation group said Monday, calling it the world's biggest sl...
War on lionfish shows first promise of success
Jan 24, 2014 (SPX)
It may take a legion of scuba divers armed with nets and spears, but a new study confirms for the first time that controlling lionfish populations in the wester...
WTO sets up panel to rule on Mexico-US tuna label feud
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
The WTO on Thursday set up a panel in a renewed attempt to settle a dispute over US "dolphin friendly" labels which allegedly hit imports of Mexican-caught tuna...
Great Lakes study dispels many misconceptions
Jan 23, 2014 (SPX)
The recent Arctic blast that gripped much of the nation will likely contribute to a healthy rise in Great Lakes water levels in 2014, new research shows. But th...
Get used to heat waves: Extreme El Nino events to double
Jan 22, 2014 (SPX)
Extreme weather events fuelled by unusually strong El Ninos, such as the 1983 heatwave that led to the Ash Wednesday bushfires in Australia, are likely to doubl...
Romania suspends hydropower projects in protected areas
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Romania will suspend new hydropower projects in protected areas in a bid to preserve biodiversity, authorities and the conservationist group WWF said Tuesday. T...
Senegal to release Russian trawler in fishing row: Moscow
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Moscow said Tuesday that Senegalese authorities would release the Russian trawler Oleg Naydenov after impounding the ship for two weeks over alleged illegal fis...
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