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What the past tells us about modern sea-level rise
Dec 12, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Southampton and the Australian National University report that sea-level rise since the industrial revolution has been fast b...
European Parliament approves fishing reforms, discards ban
Dec 12, 2013 (UPI)
The European Parliament this week gave final approval to fishing sustainability reforms that include banning the practice of discarding unwanted fish at sea. Ch...
Survey of deep sea chemicals dump finds no chemical weapons
Dec 12, 2013 (SPX)
Since World War II, US nautical charts have shown seven "chemical munitions dumping areas" along the Pacific Coast between San Francisco and the Mexican border....
California Water Planners Hear NASA Long-Term Forecast
Dec 12, 2013 (JPL)
Recent NASA research tying California weather to large-scale atmospheric patterns contributed to the newly issued experimental Winter Outlook Forecast for Water...
New Jersey Shore Likely Faces Unprecedented Flooding by Mid-Century
Dec 11, 2013 (SPX)
Geoscientists at Rutgers and Tufts universities estimate that the New Jersey shore will likely experience a sea-level rise of about 1.5 feet by 2050 and of abou...
Coal port plan will kill Great Barrier Reef: activists
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
Conservationists on Wednesday slammed Australia's approval for an Indian firm to expand a major coal port on the Great Barrier Reef coast, warning it would hast...
Dutch water firm cuts Israel ties after tense PM visit
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
Dutch water supplier Vitens has ended a partnership with Israeli water company Mekorot due to the "political context", the Dutch company said on Wednesday. The ...
EU parliament approves Morocco fisheries deal
Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)
European lawmakers Tuesday approved a controversial fisheries accord with Morocco, allowing EU boats to return to the north African country's waters after being...
China's massive water diversion project starts delivering water
Dec 10, 2013 (UPI)
A portion of China's massive South-to-North Water Diversion Project has started to supply water. Shandong province will get about 1,200 million cubic feet of wa...
Better water purification with seeds from Moringa trees
Dec 10, 2013 (SPX)
Seeds from Moringa oleifera trees can be used to purify water. Uppsala University leads a research group which has discovered that seed material can give a more...
Israel, Jordan, Palestinians to ink water-sharing deal
Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)
Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians are on Monday to sign a joint water-sharing initiative, but an environmental group denied it was connected to the controvers...
Environmentalists hail China's banquet ban on shark fin
Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)
Environmentalists hailed Monday a Chinese government ban on serving shark's fin, bird's nest soup and other wild animal products at official functions, saying i...
New GPM Video Dissects the Anatomy of a Raindrop
Dec 09, 2013 (SPX)
When asked to picture the shape of raindrops, many of us will imagine water looking like tears that fall from our eyes, or the stretched out drip from a leaky f...
Precipitation declines in Pacific Northwest mountains
Dec 09, 2013 (SPX)
Recent Forest Service studies on high-elevation climate trends in the Pacific Northwest United States show that streamflow declines tie directly to decreases an...
Sea-level rise to drive coastal flooding, regardless of changes in hurricane activity
Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)
Clamor about whether climate change will cause increasingly destructive tropical storms may be overshadowing a more unrelenting threat to coastal property - sea...
Coastal sea change
Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)
Carbon dioxide pumped into the air since the Industrial Revolution appears to have changed the way the coastal ocean functions, according to a new analysis publ...
Silent stalkers of dark ocean waters
Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)
The mating roar of a male harbor seal is supposed to attract a partner, not a predator. Unfortunately for the seals, scientists have found evidence that marine-...
Scripps Leads First Global Snapshot of Key Coral Reef Fishes
Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)
In the first global assessment of its kind, a science team led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has produced a landmark rep...
Rising Ocean Acidification Leads to Anxiety in Fish
Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)
A new research study combining marine physiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and behavioral psychology has revealed a surprising outcome from increases of carb...
Study Shows Reforestation along Rivers and Streams in Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Reduces Sediment Runoff
Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)
A modeling study by U.S. Forest Service researchers shows that reforesting the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley can significantly reduce runoff from agricultur...
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