WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Water at risk from power plants, climate change

Jul 19, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. electric power sector is putting a strain on the nation's water resources, a Union of Concerned Scientists report warns. The report -- "Water-Smart Pow...

Raw sewage makes summer swimming hazardous in New York

Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)

New Yorkers and tourists tempted to cool off during the current heatwave by plunging into the Hudson River have been warned: it's never been more dangerous. Res...

Australia pledges more cash for reef starfish battle

Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)

Australia pledged another Aus$5 million (US$4.6 million) to the fight against a predatory starfish devastating the iconic Great Barrier Reef Thursday, revealing...

Thirsty Jordan inaugurates huge water project

Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)

Parched Jordan on Wednesday officially inaugurated a near-billion-dollar project to supply the capital with water from an ancient southern aquifer to help meet ...

Nesting Gulf Loggerheads Face Offshore Risks

Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)

Threatened loggerhead sea turtles in the northern Gulf of Mexico can travel distances up to several hundred miles and visit offshore habitats between nesting ev...

A new alien-like species discovered off California

Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)

After nearly 25 years of searching, three scientists have finally found Waldo. No, not the loveable bespectacled character in children's picture books, but rath...

Each degree of global warming might ultimately raise global sea levels by more than 2 meters

Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)

Greenhouse gases emitted today will cause sea level to rise for centuries to come. Each degree of global warming is likely to raise sea level by more than 2 met...

Microbial dynamics of coral reef robustness and decline

Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)

Coral reefs face serious threats primarily arising from climate change, unsustainable fishing, and pollution. To better understand the underlying processes, a m...

Scientists outline long-term sea-level rise in response to warming of planet

Jul 16, 2013 (SPX)

A new study estimates that global sea levels will rise about 2.3 meters, or more than seven feet, over the next several thousand years for every degree (Celsius...

Scientists solve a 14,000-year-old ocean mystery

Jul 16, 2013 (SPX)

At the end of the last Ice Age, as the world began to warm, a swath of the North Pacific Ocean came to life. During a brief pulse of biological productivity 14,...

Lionfish expedition: down deep is where the big, scary ones live

Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)

Last month, the first expedition to use a deep-diving submersible to study the Atlantic Ocean lionfish invasion found something very disturbing - at 300 feet de...

Sharks stun sardine prey with tail-slaps

Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)

Thresher sharks hunt schooling sardines in the waters off a small coral island in the Philippines by rapidly slapping their tails hard enough to stun or kill se...

Cloud brightening to cool seas can protect coral reefs

Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)

The seeding of marine clouds to cool sea surface temperatures could protect threatened coral reefs from being bleached by warming oceans. Research, published in...

Habitat loss doubles coastal flood impact - study

Jul 14, 2013 (AFP)

Removing mangroves, marshes, reefs, forests, dunes and other natural defences doubles the risk for life and property from coastal floods, a US climate study sai...

Lake Erie algae bloom getting worse

Jul 11, 2013 (UPI)

It's not a matter of if or when, but of how bad will it get? The question concerns Lake Erie's growing algae bloom, and the answer -- according to the National ...

Invasive lionfish in Caribbean, Atlantic growing in numbers

Jul 11, 2013 (UPI)

A voracious, invasive fish is out-eating all competitors in the Caribbean and predators appear unable to control its impact on local reef fish, researchers say....

Parched Jordan to tap ancient aquifer

Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)

Jordan, one of the world's 10 driest countries, said it will start pumping water from a 300,000-year-old southern aquifer on Thursday to the capital and other c...

Corals cozy up with bacterial buddies

Jul 10, 2013 (SPX)

Corals may let certain bacteria get under its skin, according to a new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and King Abdullah Uni...

N.Z suspends Tonga aid over Chinese plane fears

Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)

New Zealand said Wednesday it had suspended a multi-million dollar aid programme in Tonga over safety concerns stemming from the Pacific nation's plans to use a...

Reconstruction in Fukushima includes new hydroelectric facility

Jul 10, 2013 (UPI)

Japanese company Marubeni Corp. said Thursday it started construction of a hydroelectric power plant in a small town in Fukushima prefecture. Marubeni said the ...