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Report warns of Colorado River supply
Dec 14, 2012 (UPI)
Demand for water from the Colorado River is projected to outstrip supply by 2060, a study indicates. The 163-page Colorado River study, released this week, is a...
Scary news for corals - from the Ice Age
Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)
There is growing scientific concern that corals could retreat from equatorial seas and oceans as the Earth continues to warm, a team of international marine res...
Advance in chromosomal evolution in sea cradles
Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)
The study of chromosome changes arisen during species evolution is a current and intriguing topic that evolutionary biology proposes. However, in several groups...
Fish have enormous nutrient impacts on marine ecosystems
Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)
Fish play a far more important role as contributors of nutrients to marine ecosystems than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Geo...
Mercury in coastal fog linked to upwelling of deep ocean water
Dec 11, 2012 (SPX)
An ongoing investigation of elevated mercury levels in coastal fog in California suggests that upwelling of deep ocean water along the coast brings mercury to t...
French move boosts shark sanctuaries
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
Green campaigners on Friday hailed a decision by France that they said would create the world's biggest shark sanctuary. On Monday, the government of French Pol...
Big nations block curbs on tuna overfishing
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
Efforts to curb overfishing of tuna in the Pacific were blocked by big countries that refused to cut their catch at a meeting of tuna-fishing nations in the Asi...
Victory for vulnerable whale sharks at Pacific meeting
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
Asia and Pacific nations agreed at a meeting in the Philippines on Wednesday to take steps to protect whale sharks in a victory for the world's largest fish, of...
Probiotics help fish grow up faster and healthier
Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)
Probiotics like those found in yogurt are not only good for people--they are also good for fish. A new study by scientists at the Institute of Marine and Enviro...
EU adopts 'blue growth' goals for Adriatic
Dec 05, 2012 (UPI)
The European Union's "blue economy" maritime strategy to promote sustainable growth has been adopted for the Adriatic and Ionian seas, the European Commission s...
Mongolian mine to affect water supply?
Dec 05, 2012 (UPI)
Mongolia's nomadic herders are concerned about the future of already-limited water supplies due to Rio Tinto's $6 billion Oyu Tolgoi, the world's largest undeve...
Fish luring devices divide Asia-Pacific tuna meet
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
Tuna-harvesting nations of the Pacific argued at a key meeting in Manila Tuesday over how best to regulate devices that attract the giant fish, amid growing con...
Math detects contamination in water distribution networks
Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)
None of us want to experience events like the Camelford water pollution incident in Cornwall, England, in the late eighties, or more recently, the Crestwood, Il...
Overfishing threatens Pacific tuna: officials
Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)
Asia-Pacific fishing experts Sunday warned against depleting tuna stocks, saying the region needs to reduce its catch of the vulnerable bigeye species by 30 per...
'Time running out' for Kiribati as seas rise: president
Nov 30, 2012 (AFP)
The low-lying Pacific nation of Kiribati is running out of time on climate change as seas rise, and is drafting plans including mass relocation of its people wh...
Amid Egypt crisis, Addis pushes Nile dam
Nov 30, 2012 (UPI)
Ethiopia is driving to complete its massive $4.8 billion Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile amid a long-running dispute with Egypt that will likely worsen i...
Water Resources Management and Policy in a Changing World
Nov 28, 2012 (SPX)
Visualize a dusty place where stream beds are sand and lakes are flats of dried mud. Are we on Mars? In fact, we're on arid parts of Earth, a planet where water...
Seas rising 60 percent faster than UN forecast: study
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
Sea levels are rising 60-percent faster than the UN's climate panel forecast in its most recent assessment, scientists reported on Wednesday. At present, sea le...
World Bank to spend $6.4 mn on Gaza water project
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $6.4 million grant to improve water and sewage services in the Gaza Strip in the wake of an eight-day firefight between Isr...
Ocean acidification affecting live marine creatures in the Southern Ocean
Nov 28, 2012 (SPX)
The shells of marine snails - known as pteropods - living in the seas around Antarctica are being dissolved by ocean acidification according to a new study publ...
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