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Glimpse into the future of acidic oceans shows ecosystems transformed
Jul 10, 2013 (SPX)
Ocean acidification may create an impact similar to extinction on marine ecosystems, according to a study released by the University of California, Davis. The s...
Australia's Barrier Reef slips into 'poor' health
Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)
Australia admitted Wednesday conditions at the Great Barrier Reef are "poor" as it battles UNESCO threats to downgrade its heritage status over concerns about p...
Great Barrier Reef's condition is declining
Jul 10, 2013 (UPI)
The overall condition of the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef is poor, an Australian government report says. The Great Barrier Reef report, released Wed...
Protecting drinking water systems from deliberate contamination
Jul 09, 2013 (SPX)
An international project has developed a response programme for rapidly restoring the use of drinking water networks following a deliberate contamination event....
Scientists swim with millions of anchovies in San Diego
Jul 09, 2013 (UPI)
Millions of anchovies gathered along shores of Southern California. Scientists there say they haven't seen anything like it in 30 years. To get a closer look se...
African Development Bank funds Sierra Leone water project
Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)
The African Development Bank is providing Sierra Leone with $61 million to upgrade its water supply in four provincial cities a year after a cholera outbreak ki...
Satellites See Ups and Downs of Two Tropical Eastern Pacific Systems
Jul 08, 2013 (SPX)
There are two tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on July 5 and one is powering up and one is powering down. NOAA's GOES-15 satellite captured Tropic...
Red Cross cartoon to demystify Pacific climate change
Jul 03, 2013 (AFP)
The Red Cross has launched a light-hearted education campaign aimed at those it describes as most vulnerable to climate change: Pacific islanders living on low-...
Breakthrough in El Nino forecasting
Jul 03, 2013 (SPX)
In order to extend forecasting from six months to one year or even more, scientists have now proposed a novel approach based on advanced connectivity analysis a...
French deal could bring 63 million gallons of fresh water to U.A.E.
Jul 03, 2013 (UPI)
French energy company GDF Suez is helping meet water and power supplies for the United Arab Emirates with a $1.5 billion investment, its chairman said Thursday....
Greenhouse gas likely altering ocean foodchain
Jul 03, 2013 (SPX)
Climate change may be weeding out the bacteria that form the base of the ocean's food chain, selecting certain strains for survival, according to a new study. I...
El Nino unusually active in the late 20th century
Jul 03, 2013 (SPX)
Spawning droughts, floods, and other weather disturbances world-wide, the El Nino - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) impacts the daily life of millions of people. Du...
Boat noise stops fish finding home
Jul 02, 2013 (SPX)
Boat noise disrupts orientation behaviour in larval coral reef fish, according to new research from the Universities of Bristol, Exeter and Liege. Reef fish are...
Major changes needed for coral reef survival
Jul 02, 2013 (SPX)
To prevent coral reefs around the world from dying off, deep cuts in carbon dioxide emissions are required, says a new study from Carnegie's Katharine Ricke and...
Veolia announces big Saudi desalination plant contract
Jul 02, 2013 (AFP)
French utilities giant Veolia said on Tuesday it had won a 10-year contract to produce 47 million gallons of desalinated water a day for a petrochemical plant i...
Sumatran orangutan beaten to death: group
Jul 02, 2013 (AFP)
Indonesian villagers have beaten a Sumatran orangutan to death, an animal protection group said Tuesday, the latest case of one of the critically-endangered pri...
Survival of the Galapagos sea lion
Jul 02, 2013 (SPX)
IMMUNE systems of endangered Galapagos sea lions are in overdrive because of harmful activity by people, reveal scientists from the Zoological Society of London...
Chemists work to desalt the ocean for drinking water, one nanoliter at a time
Jul 02, 2013 (SPX)
By creating a small electrical field that removes salts from seawater, chemists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Marburg in Germany ha...
New forecast doubles lead time for El Nino: study
Jul 01, 2013 (AFP)
A new method could double the lead time for forecasting the ocean warming trend known as El Nino and help communities better prepare for crops losses, floods an...
Scientists urge New Zealand to save 'sea hobbit'
Jul 01, 2013 (AFP)
Marine scientists have called on New Zealand immediately to ban fishing in waters inhabited by the world's rarest dolphin, saying that losing just one more of t...
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