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Zimbabwe city orders 'big flush' amid water rationing
Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)
Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo has ordered its residents to flush toilets at the same time once a week to prevent blockages during frequent periods of water ra...
CO2 from water pollution, as well as air pollution, may adversely impact oceans
Sep 21, 2012 (SPX)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the oceans as a result of water pollution by nutrients - a major source of this greenhouse gas that gets little public attent...
The slippery slope to slime: Overgrown algae causing coral reef declines
Sep 21, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at Oregon State University for the first time have confirmed some of the mechanisms by which overfishing and nitrate pollution can help destroy cora...
Severe water shortage in South Sudan camps: Red Cross
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
The lack of clean water in refugee camps in South Sudan has become a "major humanitarian crisis" with people exposed to diseases due to contamination, the Red C...
Sea Surface Temperatures Reach Record Highs on Northeast Continental Shelf
Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)
During the first six months of 2012, sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem were the highest ever recorded, according to the lat...
One dead at Peru gold mine protest over scarce water
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
A struggle over dwindling water resources turned deadly at a mine in northern Peru, leading to clashes that killed one person and injured four others, police sa...
When it rains, it pours
Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)
Extreme precipitation in the tropics comes in many forms: thunderstorm complexes, flood-inducing monsoons and wide-sweeping cyclones like the recent Hurricane I...
Marine park 'the size of the Moon' takes shape in Pacific
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
An ambitious plan to link marine parks across a vast swathe of ocean -- whose surface area would equal that of the Moon -- is slowly coming together piece by pi...
Super-trawler company to fight Australian ban
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
A company which wants to operate a super-trawler in Australian waters vowed on Wednesday to fight an environmental ban set to be imposed by the government on th...
Most coral reefs are at risk unless climate change is drastically limited
Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)
Only under a scenario with strong action on mitigating greenhouse-gas emissions and the assumption that corals can adapt at extremely rapid rates, could two thi...
Amazon's flying water vapor rivers bring rain to Brazil
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
As devastating drought spreads across much of the globe, British-born pilot Gerard Moss flies above the Amazon rainforest to show how its "flying rivers" -- hum...
Summer rain more likely over drier soils
Sep 17, 2012 (SPX)
Summer rain is more likely over drier soil - this is the conclusion scientists have drawn from a detailed analysis of satellite data. State-of-the-art computer ...
The Gravity of Water
Sep 17, 2012 (SPX)
The signature of drought was easy to read in the southern United States in the summer of 2011. It was in the brown, wilted crops and the bare fields. It was in ...
Parched soils trigger more storms
Sep 17, 2012 (SPX)
Afternoon storms are more likely to develop when soils are parched, according to a new study published this week in Nature which examined hydrological processes...
Environmental group says 'Nemo' endangered
Sep 15, 2012 (UPI)
The orange clownfish -- think of the animated movie fish Nemo -- is in danger of extinction and needs protection, a U.S. environmental group says. The Center fo...
A minute crustacean invades the red swamp crayfish
Sep 14, 2012 (SPX)
The small ostracod Ankylocythere sinuosa measures no more than half a millimetre in length and lives on other crayfish. And, Spanish scientists have discovered ...
Australian lawmakers block super-trawler
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
Australia blocked a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters Thursday in a narrow parliamentary vote which forced concessions from the centre-left...
Former world leaders call on UN Security Council to recognize water as a top concern
Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)
The world confronts a water crisis with critical implications for peace, political stability and economic development, experts warn in a new report being launch...
NASA Voyage Set to Explore Link Between Sea Saltiness and Climate
Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)
A NASA-sponsored expedition is set to sail to the North Atlantic's saltiest spot to get a detailed, 3-D picture of how salt content fluctuates in the ocean's up...
Australian super-trawler ban in doubt
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
Australia's hopes of blocking a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters looked uncertain Wednesday with the opposition speaking out against the m...
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