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Hundreds of thousands without water after US chemical spill
Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)
Hundreds of thousands of people in the US state of West Virginia have been left without water after a chemical leak into a key river, officials said Friday. Wes...
For sharks, old age may be 70 or more: study
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
Great white sharks may live until their 70s, more than three times as long as previously thought, according to a new analysis of the marine predator's backbones...
Senegal to fine Russian ship for 'fishing illegally'
Jan 05, 2014 (AFP)
Senegal plans to slap a fine of about 600,000 euros on a Russian ship for repeatedly fishing illegally in its waters, its fisheries minister said Sunday. The tr...
Local factors cause dramatic spikes in coastal ocean acidity
Jan 03, 2014 (SPX)
A new Duke University-led study has documented dramatic, natural short-term increases in the acidity of a North Carolina estuary. "The natural short-term variab...
World's biggest fish market set for new home
Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)
As most of Tokyo sleeps, men in rubber boots haggle over tuna in the cavernous halls of Tsukiji market. The clang of a bell around 5:30 am kicks off the action ...
Major reductions in seafloor marine life from climate change by 2100
Jan 01, 2014 (SPX)
A new study quantifies for the first time future losses in deep-sea marine life, using advanced climate models. Results show that even the most remote deep-sea ...
Los Angeles likely to score driest year since record-keeping began
Dec 30, 2013 (UPI)
Los Angeles is on track to set a dry-weather record, with the year looking to end up the driest since official record-keeping started in 1877, experts say. Only...
Deepwater Horizon NRDA study shows possible oil impact on dolphins
Dec 23, 2013 (SPX)
Bottlenose dolphins in Louisiana's Barataria Bay have lung damage and adrenal hormone abnormalities not previously seen in other dolphin populations, according ...
Saving Fiji's coral reefs linked to forest conservation upstream
Dec 20, 2013 (SPX)
The health of coral reefs offshore depend on the protection of forests near the sea, according to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society that outlines...
Drought and climate change: An uncertain future?
Dec 19, 2013 (SPX)
Drought frequency may increase by more than 20% in some regions of the globe by the end of the 21st century, but it is difficult to be more precise as we don't ...
Saving the Great Plains water supply
Dec 17, 2013 (SPX)
Significant portions of the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the largest bodies of water in the United States, are at risk of drying up if it continues to be drained at...
Deep-sea corals record dramatic long-term shift in Pacific Ocean ecosystem
Dec 17, 2013 (SPX)
Long-lived deep-sea corals preserve evidence of a major shift in the open Pacific Ocean ecosystem since around 1850, according to a study by researchers at the ...
Climate change puts 40 percent more people at risk of absolute water scarcity
Dec 17, 2013 (SPX)
Water scarcity impacts people's lives in many countries already today. Future population growth will increase the demand for freshwater even further. Yet in add...
Change in Pacific nitrogen content tied to climate change
Dec 17, 2013 (SPX)
Using deep sea corals gathered near the Hawaiian Islands, a Lawrence Livermore scientist, in collaboration with UC Santa Cruz colleagues, has determined that a ...
Researchers split water into hydrogen, oxygen using light, nanoparticles
Dec 17, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Houston have found a catalyst that can quickly generate hydrogen from water using sunlight, potentially creating a clean and ...
Harvard study shows sprawl threatens water quality, climate protection, and land conservation gains
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
A groundbreaking study by Harvard University's Harvard Forest and the Smithsonian Institution reveals that, if left unchecked, recent trends in the loss of fore...
Upper Rio Grande Impact Reveals Growing Gap in Supply and Demand
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
Increasing temperatures and changes in the timing of snowmelt runoff could impact the amount of water available on the upper Rio Grande in the future. These are...
Where water is limited, researchers determine how much water is enough
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
A collaboration of scientists from the US Department of Agriculture and the University of California Davis, among others, has introduced a precision instrument ...
Scientists discover vast undersea freshwater reserves
Dec 13, 2013 (AFP)
Australian researchers said Thursday they had established the existence of vast freshwater reserves trapped beneath the ocean floor which could sustain future g...
Expedition yields unexpected clues to ocean mysteries
Dec 13, 2013 (SPX)
A University of Houston (UH) geoscientist and his colleagues are revealing new discoveries about the Earth's development, following a major international expedi...
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