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Study: Wetlands drove birth of cities
Oct 04, 2012 (UPI)
Natural wetlands rather than irrigated fields are the fertile ground from which cities first emerged in Mesopotamia, a scientist doing research in Iraq says. We...
Australia admits neglect of Great Barrier Reef
Oct 03, 2012 (AFP)
The Australian government admits the Great Barrier Reef has been neglected for decades after a study showed it has lost more than half its coral cover in the pa...
Songs in the key of sea
Oct 03, 2012 (SPX)
Soft horns and a tinkling piano form the backbone of "Fifty Degrees North, Four Degrees West," a jazz number with two interesting twists: it has no composer and...
White shark diets vary with age and among individuals
Oct 03, 2012 (SPX)
White sharks, the largest predatory sharks in the ocean, are thought of as apex predators that feed primarily on seals and sea lions. But a new study by researc...
New clues about ancient water cycles shed light on US deserts
Oct 03, 2012 (SPX)
The deserts of Utah and Nevada have not always been dry. Between 14,000 and 20,000 years ago, when large ice caps covered Canada during the last glacial cooling...
Now in Science: It's not too late for troubled fisheries
Oct 03, 2012 (SPX)
A study published in Science magazine and co-authored by Bren School Sustainable Fisheries Group (SFG) researchers and their colleagues confirms suspicions that...
Great Barrier Reef coral halved in 27 years: study
Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years due to storms, poisonous starfish and bleaching linked to climate ch...
Great Barrier Reef loosing coral
Oct 02, 2012 (UPI)
Half of the Great Barrier Reef's coral has been wiped out in the last 27 years, a new study says. If the mass die-off continues, the study warns, less than 25 p...
China's dams a threat to the Mekong
Oct 01, 2012 (UPI)
China's most recent hydropower project on the Mekong River, the Nuozhadu Dam, threatens the ecosystem of the river, experts warn. Nuozhadu is the fifth Chinese ...
Jordanian thirst for water grows
Oct 01, 2012 (AFP)
"I wish I could live at the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp because there is water there," a Jordanian man says, frustrated that he has not had any tap water of his...
Scaling down: Warming will make fish smaller
Sep 30, 2012 (AFP)
A hearty fillet of fish, already a rare treat because of over-trawled oceans, will become even more infrequent in the future when global warming starts to reduc...
Iceland, Faroes may face EU fish sanctions
Sep 28, 2012 (UPI)
Iceland and the Faroe Islands could face EU sanctions over "unsustainable" mackerel catches after an EU Fisheries Council agreement this week. The EU Council Tu...
Scientists say fish populations can still be saved
Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)
Fish populations -- a staple source of protein in many parts of the world -- are being decimated by over-fishing, but a new study Thursday said the trend can st...
Coral Hotspots Found in Deepwater Canyons off Northeast US Coast
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
For the first time in decades, researchers have conducted an extensive exploration for deep-sea corals and sponges in submarine canyons off the northeastern coa...
Warning of 'water bankruptcy' for many regions after reviewing 200 major global projects
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
A study of almost 200 major international water-related projects over the past 20 years has identified a suite of existing and emerging challenges and how scien...
Scientists predict major shifts in Pacific ecosystems by 2100
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
What if you woke up every day to find that the closest grocery store had moved several miles farther away from your home? Over time, you would have to travel hu...
Gas Outlets off Spitsbergen Are No New Phenomenon
Sep 25, 2012 (SPX)
September 19, 2012/Kiel. Marine scientists from Kiel, together with colleagues from Bremen, Great Britain, Switzerland and Norway, spent four and a half weeks e...
El Nino may soon return: UN weather agency
Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)
The El Nino weather phenomenon could return within days but will be relatively weak compared with past episodes, the UN's weather agency said Tuesday. The surfa...
Google offers virtual dives in world's coral reefs
Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)
Google late Tuesday began letting users of its online mapping service take virtual scuba dives to explore precious living reefs being surveyed by scientists. Th...
In half century, Brazil lost 80% of coral reef: study
Sep 23, 2012 (AFP)
In just five decades, Brazil has lost 80 percent of the coral reef once found along 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) of its northeastern coast, according to a stu...
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