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Laos breaks ground on Xayaburi Dam
Nov 07, 2012 (UPI)
Construction on the controversial Xayaburi Dam on the lower Mekong River in Laos has officially begun, an official said. "We held the groundbreaking ceremony to...
Australia reef collapse blamed on farming
Nov 06, 2012 (UPI)
An "autopsy" performed on Australia's Great Barrier Reef found nutrient-rich runoff from farms caused parts of the reef to collapse, researchers say. Scientists...
Laos to start construction of mega dam 'this week'
Nov 05, 2012 (AFP)
Laos on Monday said it would start construction of a controversial multi-billion dollar dam this week, after adapting the design to calm environmental concerns ...
Study: Warming to see monsoon failures
Nov 05, 2012 (UPI)
India's summer monsoons, vital for watering the country's farmlands, could see frequent failures in the next two centuries with global warming, researchers say....
Lake Aibi shrinks as desertification rises
Nov 05, 2012 (UPI)
China faces a losing battle to restore Lake Aibi's ecosystem due to worsening desertification in the region of the salt lake, officials say. The large lake in n...
Ocean Salinity Trends Show Human Fingerprint
Nov 02, 2012 (SPX)
Changes in ocean salinity over the second half of the 20th Century are consistent with the influence of human activities and inconsistent with natural climate v...
Cambodia approves controversial dam plan
Nov 02, 2012 (AFP)
Energy-hungry Cambodia on Friday gave the green light to a multi-million dollar hydropower dam backed by companies from China and Vietnam that activists say wil...
Asia's fishermen caught in escalating sea tensions
Nov 02, 2012 (AFP)
When gun-toting Chinese guards spotted Tran Hien's unarmed wooden fishing boat in disputed waters, they seized his vessel, detained his crew and threw him in ja...
Why Seas Are Rising Ahead of Predictions
Nov 02, 2012 (SPX)
Sea levels are rising faster than expected from global warming, and University of Colorado geologist Bill Hay has a good idea why. The last official IPCC report...
Mekong hydropower project gets a boost
Nov 01, 2012 (UPI)
Steps are proceeding for the controversial $3.8 billion Xayaburi dam in Laos despite assurances that the hydropower project was on hold pending further studies ...
Navy Oceanographers Delve Deeper in Wave Data to Improve Forecasts
Nov 01, 2012 (SPX)
Around the globe, mariners and navies alike have long observed and included weather and sea states in navigational planning when plotting course or developing m...
Pacific sharks disappearing into soup: study
Oct 31, 2012 (AFP)
Pacific stocks of the oceanic whitetip shark, a favourite of fin soup enthusiasts, sank by as much as 17 percent a year between 1995 and 2010 despite catch and ...
La Nina Caused Global Sea Level Drop
Oct 30, 2012 (SPX)
The 2011 La Nina was so strong that it caused global mean sea level to drop by 5 millimeters (0.2 inches), a new study shows. Since the early 1990s, sea level h...
Century-long trend of global ocean warming identified
Oct 30, 2012 (SPX)
One of the largest sources of uncertainty in reconstructing the warming of the past century stems from problems with historical ocean temperature records. Incon...
Uncertainty of future South Pacific Island rainfall explained
Oct 30, 2012 (SPX)
With greenhouse warming, rainfall in the South Pacific islands will depend on two competing effects - an increase due to overall warming and a decrease due to c...
Global precipitation variability decreased from 1940 to 2009
Oct 30, 2012 (SPX)
One of the strongly held assumptions of climate change is that the variability of precipitation will grow with an increase in temperature. Storms will become he...
Genetic Patterns of Deep-Sea Coral Provide Insights into Evolution of Marine Life
Oct 26, 2012 (SPX)
The ability of deep-sea corals to harbor a broad array of marine life, including commercially important fish species, make these habitat-forming organisms of im...
Australia pumps $1.83 bln into food bowl river
Oct 26, 2012 (AFP)
The government Friday pledged Aus$1.77 billion (US$1.83 billion) to pump more than 450 billion litres of water into the ailing Murray-Darling River and help rej...
Helping North America's marine protected areas adapt to a changing climate
Oct 26, 2012 (SPX)
Top marine predators like tuna and sharks are suffering from the effects of climate change as the availability of prey decreases and the spatial distribution of...
Suez reports operating profit fall on delay to Melbourne water plant
Oct 25, 2012 (AFP)
French utilities group Suez Environnement reported on Thursday a 4.1-percent fall in operating profit for the first nine months of the year to 1.77 billion euro...
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