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Andreas and Thomas testing sample returns at sea
Sep 18, 2013 (ESA)
ESA astronauts Andreas Mogensen and Thomas Pesquet are in Florida, USA for a five-day underwater adventure to test tools and practise spacewalks as part of the ...
Earth's wobble fixes dinner for marine organisms
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
The cyclic wobble of the Earth on its axis controls the production of a nutrient essential to the health of the ocean, according to a new study in the journal N...
Study explores complex physical oceanography in East China Sea
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
Just days before a team of researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and National Taiwan University set out to conduct fieldwork in the East ...
Sewage treatment removes widely used home and garden insecticides from wastewater
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
Even though sewage treatment plants are not designed to remove tiny amounts of pesticides, they do an excellent job of dealing with the most widely used family ...
Movement of marine life follows speed and direction of climate change
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists expect climate change and warmer oceans to push the fish that people rely on for food and income into new territory. Predictions of where and when sp...
Wetlands more cost-effective in nutrient removal, but multiple payments would be of uncertain value
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
Removing nitrogen from the environment "the natural way" by creating a wetland is a long-term, nutrient-removal solution, more cost effective than upgrading a w...
Unexpected interaction between ocean currents and bacteria
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
For the first time, researchers have successfully demonstrated an interaction between ocean currents and bacteria: The unexpected interaction leads to the produ...
Cilantro, that favorite salsa ingredient, purifies drinking water
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
Hints that a favorite ingredient in Mexican, Southeast Asian and other spicy cuisine may be an inexpensive new way of purifying drinking water are on the menu t...
Research shows denser seagrass beds hold more baby blue crabs
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
When it comes to nursery habitat, scientists have long known that blue crabs prefer seagrass beds compared to open areas in the same neighborhood. A new study b...
Water supply a problem for New Delhi's poor
Sep 18, 2013 (UPI)
New Delhi's poor are hardest hit by the Indian city's inadequate water supply. In most of the city's unauthorized urban settlements, such as Sangam Vihar -- a c...
Tiny plankton could have big impact on climate
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
As the climate changes and oceans' acidity increases, tiny plankton seem set to succeed. An international team of marine scientists has found that the smallest ...
China announces new submersible craft for deep water research
Sep 17, 2013 (UPI)
Chinese scientists say they plan to build a new manned submersible to dive as deep as 15,000 feet for scientific research on a majority of the Earth's seabeds. ...
Alstom opens new hydropower industrial site in China
Sep 17, 2013 (AFP)
French conglomerate Alstom on Tuesday opened a major hydropower industrial site in China as the firm seeks to expand in a booming Asian market. The 100-million-...
Rainfall in South Pacific Was More Variable Before 20th Century
Sep 16, 2013 (SPX)
A new reconstruction of climate in the South Pacific during the past 446 years shows rainfall varied much more dramatically before the start of the 20th century...
Mythical sea creature joins bid to ban bottom trawling
Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)
Environmentalists on Monday unveiled unprecedented footage of a legendary sea creature, the giant oarfish, as they stepped up a campaign against bottom trawling...
Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical cycles
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
New research from the University of East Anglia shows that rising ocean temperatures will upset natural cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorous. Plan...
Water-purification plant the size of a fast-food ketchup packet saves lives
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
An ambitious partnership among more than 100 organizations and governments led by Procter and Gamble's (P and G's) nonprofit program, Children's Safe Drinking W...
Global warming could change strength of El Nino
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
Global warming could impact the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), altering the cycles of El Nino and La Nina events that bring extreme drought and flooding t...
Hong Kong bans shark fin at official banquets
Sep 13, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong's government said Friday it would stop serving shark fin at official functions as "a good example", following years of lobbying by conservation groups...
Breaking deep-sea waves reveal mechanism for global ocean mixing
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
Waves breaking over sandy beaches are captured in countless tourist photos. But enormous waves breaking deep in the ocean are seldom seen, although they play a ...
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