WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)

Ocean acidification impairs digestion in marine organisms, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Researchers from Sweden and ...

Respiratory disorder in the ocean

Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)

More than four months from November 2012 to March 2013 Kiel ocean scientists investigated on the German research vessel METEOR the oxygen-poor upwelling regions...

Fishermen adrift after typhoon takes livelihood

Nov 20, 2013 (AFP)

A crucifix crudely fashioned from broken twigs marks a shallow grave on the beach in Baybay, a once-lively Philippines fishing village where generations saw the...

Island biodiversity in danger of total submersion with climate change

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

Sea level rise caused by global warming can prove extremely destructive to island habitats, which hold about 20% of the world's biodiversity. Research by C. Bel...

Aqua-Spark fund dives into fish farming future

Nov 19, 2013 (AFP)

Investment fund Aqua-Spark is setting course to make money while promoting healthier oceans and feeding the world. A fund devoted to technology, techniques and ...

New generation of micro sensors for monitoring ocean acidification

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

The first step in developing a cost-effective micro sensor for long-term monitoring of ocean acidification has been achieved by a team of scientists and enginee...

Scientists create a low-cost, long-lasting water splitter made of silicon and nickel

Nov 18, 2013 (SPX)

Stanford University scientists have created a silicon-based water splitter that is both low-cost and corrosion-free. The novel device - a silicon semiconductor ...

Largest lake in Britain and Ireland has lost three-quarters of winter water birds

Nov 18, 2013 (SPX)

The largest lake in Britain and Ireland, Lough Neagh, has lost more than three quarters of its overwintering water birds according to researchers at Queen's Uni...

Scottish fishermen dispute call to keep North Sea cod off menus

Nov 15, 2013 (UPI)

Scottish fishermen were angered this week when a British conservation group recommended North Sea cod stay off menus despite a recent comeback by the species. B...

VC predicts the motion of the ocean

Nov 14, 2013 (SPX)

ANU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Young AO, has just published research that will help you every morning with the surf report. Research led by the Vice-Chancel...

Saving our fish needs more than a ban on discarding

Nov 14, 2013 (SPX)

Banning the practice of throwing unmarketable or over-quota fish back into the sea is just one of the measures needed to deliver sustainable fisheries according...

LLNL scientists find precipitation, global warming link

Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)

The rain in Spain may lie mainly on the plain, but the location and intensity of that rain is changing not only in Spain but around the globe. A new study by La...

Discovery of 'missing heat' prompts new estimates of global warming

Nov 13, 2013 (UPI)

British and Canadian researchers say "missing heat" in the climate system casts doubt on suggestions global warming has slowed or stopped in the past decade. Ke...

Feast and famine on the abyssal plain

Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)

Animals living on the abyssal plains, miles below the ocean surface, don't usually get much to eat. Their main source of food is "marine snow"-a slow drift of m...

Rising sea levels could inundate islands, with loss of biodiversity

Nov 13, 2013 (UPI)

Island habitats, home to about 20 percent of the world's biodiversity, are under threat of total submersion with climate change, French researchers warn. Resear...

Call for Atlantic tuna quotas to be retained

Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)

A leading environmental group on Monday called on authorities to keep tough fishing quotas on Atlantic tuna when governments meet next week to set industry rule...

Sea turtle deaths alarming Central America

Nov 10, 2013 (AFP)

Hundreds of sea turtles are washing up dead on the beaches of Central America and scientists don't know why. One hypothesis is that the killer is a potent neuro...

New Zealand to ban shark finning

Nov 10, 2013 (AFP)

New Zealand is to ban shark finning in its waters within two years, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy announced Sunday. It is already illegal in New Zealan...

Ecuador in new probe to see if climate change worsens El Nino

Nov 09, 2013 (AFP)

Think Galapagos and you think nature in its most pristine expression. But the destructive weather phenomenon called El Nino turns coral reefs there a sickly whi...

Malaysian police arrest tribespeople protesting dam

Nov 07, 2013 (AFP)

Malaysian police on Thursday arrested eight tribespeople blocking access to a dam which they say will displace them from their lands, amid increasing protests o...