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Australia pushes for ocean 'fertilisation' ban
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
Australia said it was pushing for a ban Thursday of any commercial use of a pioneering technique to reduce the impacts of climate change by "fertilising" the wo...
Scientists find impact of open-ocean industrial fishing within centuries of bird bones
May 16, 2013 (SPX)
The impact of industrial fishing on coastal ecosystems has been studied for many years. But how it affects food webs in the open ocean?a vast region that covers...
Energy supply from hydropower projects depends on rainforest conservation
May 15, 2013 (SPX)
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that conserving rainforests in the Amazon River Basin will increase the amount o...
Navy taps UTC Aerospace for continued work on power system development
May 15, 2013 (UPI)
UTC Aerospace Systems is to continue its work for the U.S. Navy on the design and development of a power system for a long-endurance unmanned undersea vehicle. ...
Corals turn to algae for stored food when times get tough
May 14, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at EPFL present new evidence for the crucial role of algae in the survival of their coral hosts. Ultra-high resolution images reveal that the algae ...
Failure of EU fisheries talks would be 'disaster': Ireland
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
It will be a "disaster" if difficult talks on reform of the EU's under-pressure fishing regime fail to deliver an agreement, Ireland warned Tuesday, calling on ...
British water supplier Severn Trent faces possible bid
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
British water supplier Severn Trent said on Tuesday it had been approached by a consortium including Canadian and Kuwaiti investment companies regarding a possi...
Coral reefs suffering, but collapse not inevitable
May 14, 2013 (SPX)
Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That's according to findings reported in the Cell Press journa...
EU begins difficult talks on fishery reforms
May 13, 2013 (AFP)
EU fisheries ministers began difficult talks Monday on reforms to the bloc's under-pressure fishing regime, with plans to stop the dumping of unwanted fish a ke...
New Robotic Instruments to Provide Real-Time Data on Gulf of Maine Red Tide
May 13, 2013 (SPX)
A new robotic sensor deployed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Gulf of Maine coastal waters may transform the way red tides or harmful algal bl...
Ireland's Coveney vows to help break EU fisheries reform deadlock
May 13, 2013 (UPI)
Irish Fisheries Minister Simon Coveney says he will push hard to resolve a looming deadlock on proposed reforms to the European Union's Common Fisheries policy ...
Lockheed Martin Announces New System Available for Underwater Inspection
May 13, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin is leveraging its proven capabilities and technology with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) to enable the oil and gas industry to perform sub...
Deep-diving robot sub implodes 6.2 miles underwater
May 12, 2013 (UPI)
One of the world's most proficient deep-diving submarines, the remote controlled Nereus, imploded over the weekend while exploring the Kermadec Trench, northeas...
Spain lawmakers pass contested coastal reform
May 09, 2013 (AFP)
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday passed a building reform that promises to protect the country's coasts, but environmental groups complained it would not save the ...
JFAST scientists retrieve temperature data from Japan Trench observatory
May 09, 2013 (SPX)
With the successful retrieval of a string of instruments from deep beneath the seafloor, an international team of scientists has completed an unprecedented seri...
Rome river judged too dirty for tourist cruises
May 09, 2013 (AFP)
Tourist cruises along Rome's Tiber River have been suspended indefinitely for the first time since they began a decade ago because the waterway is judged too di...
Researchers calculate the global highways of invasive marine species
May 08, 2013 (SPX)
Globalisation, with its ever increasing demand for cargo transport, has inadvertently opened the flood gates for a new, silent invasion. New research has mapped...
Swedish companies breach salmon export ban: report
May 08, 2013 (AFP)
Swedish companies have sold hundreds of tonnes of salmon containing illegal levels of dioxin to European countries, breaching a ban on exporting fatty fish from...
Scientists say granite from sea bed could be of a Brazilian 'Atlantis'
May 07, 2013 (UPI)
Experts say they've found evidence of a Brazilian "Atlantis," a continent that disappeared after Africa and South America separated 100 million years ago. Scien...
NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall
May 07, 2013 (SPX)
A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought. The study shows for the first time h...
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