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Reef fish find it's too hot to swim
Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)
We all know the feeling, it's a hot summer afternoon and you have no appetite and don't want to do anything apart from lay on the couch. A team of researchers f...
EU fishing fleets reap profits while taxpayers foot the bill
Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)
The European Union's taxpayers are paving the way for fishing fleets to reel in valuable catch in developing countries while fishing companies pocket the profit...
Press Release: Using moving cars to measure rainfall
Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)
Drivers on a rainy day regulate the speed of their windshield wipers according to rain intensity: faster in heavy rain and slower in light rain. This simple obs...
Microplastics make marine worms sick
Dec 03, 2013 (SPX)
Tiny bits of plastic trash could spell big trouble for marine life, starting with the worms, say a team of researchers from Plymouth University and the Universi...
Marine reserves enhance resilience to climate change
Dec 03, 2013 (SPX)
A new study, led by a University of Southampton scientist, highlights the potential for fish communities in marine reserves to resist climate change impacts bet...
Malaysia tribe end protest as mega-dam floods their homes
Dec 03, 2013 (AFP)
About 100 Malaysian tribespeople were forced to end a three-month blockade of a dam after rising waters threatened to flood their homes in Borneo, activists sai...
Water decontamination system in trouble at Japan's Fukushima
Dec 01, 2013 (AFP)
A trouble-prone system used to decontaminate radioactive water at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant was switched off Sunday because of a chemical l...
Showdown looms for lucrative tuna industry
Dec 01, 2013 (AFP)
The future of the world's largest tuna fishery will be decided at a meeting in Australia this week, with Pacific island nations demanding tighter controls on a ...
Sea level rise could exceed one meter in this century
Nov 29, 2013 (SPX)
In contrast, for a scenario with strong emissions reductions, experts expect a sea-level rise of 40-60 centimeters by 2100 and 60-100 centimeters by 2300. The s...
Arctic seafloor methane releases double previous estimates
Nov 29, 2013 (SPX)
The seafloor off the coast of Northern Siberia is releasing more than twice the amount of methane as previously estimated, according to new research results pub...
Sea level rise forecasts helped by insights into glacier melting
Nov 28, 2013 (SPX)
Predictions of sea level rise could become more accurate, thanks to new insight into how glacier movement is affected by melting ice in summer. Studies of the G...
China desert lake shrinks by one-third in 13 years: Xinhua
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
China's largest desert freshwater lake has shrunk by one-third in the last 13 years, state media said Thursday, as the country's breakneck modernisation continu...
Rice scientists ID new catalyst for cleanup of nitrites
Nov 27, 2013 (SPX)
Chemical engineers at Rice University have found a new catalyst that can rapidly break down nitrites, a common and harmful contaminant in drinking water that of...
Large study shows pollution impact on coral reefs -- and offers solution
Nov 27, 2013 (SPX)
One of the largest and longest experiments ever done to test the impact of nutrient loading on coral reefs today confirmed what scientists have long suspected -...
EU threatens six countries with illegal fishing sanctions
Nov 26, 2013 (AFP)
The European Commission on Tuesday urged EU governments to hit Belize, Cambodia and Guinea with trade sanctions over illegal fishing, while warning South Korea,...
In Borneo jungle, natives stand up against Malaysian dams
Nov 26, 2013 (AFP)
With a grimace on his sun-bronzed face, Borneo tribal chieftain Lenjau Tusau glares down a dirt road that vanishes into a rainforest mist, on alert for what he ...
Pacific faces big economic losses from climate change: ADB
Nov 26, 2013 (AFP)
The Pacific region faces serious economic losses due to climate change and it is critical that nations causing the problem step in to help, the Asian Developmen...
Pacific islander fails in bid to be first climate refugee
Nov 26, 2013 (AFP)
A Pacific islander whose homeland is threatened by rising seas failed in an attempt to become the world's first climate change refugee Tuesday, with a New Zeala...
Atlantic tuna quotas unchanged for 2014
Nov 25, 2013 (AFP)
Annual fishing quotas for bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean will remain unchanged in 2014, an international meeting on tuna fishing decided Mo...
Safety in numbers? Not so for corals
Nov 22, 2013 (SPX)
Traditionally, it was assumed that corals do not face a risk of extinction unless they become very rare or have a very restricted range. A team of scientists fr...
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