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A new global warming culprit: Dam drawdowns
Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)
Washington State University researchers have documented an underappreciated suite of players in global warming: dams, the water reservoirs behind them, and surg...
Global water sustainability flows through natural and human challenges
Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)
Water's fate in China mirrors problems across the world: fouled, pushed far from its natural origins, squandered and exploited. In this week's Science magazine,...
Bill Gates kicks off search for toilet of the future
Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)
Microsoft co-founder turned global philanthropist Bill Gates on Tuesday launched a search for a new toilet better suited to developing countries. The charitable...
China's water at risk from coal projects
Aug 14, 2012 (UPI)
The 16 large-scale coal bases that China has planned will trigger severe water crises in the country's arid northwest, a new Greenpeace report warns. China plan...
Brazil court orders work on Amazon dam suspended
Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)
A federal court in Brazil on Tuesday ordered that work on the huge Belo Monte dam in the Amazon be suspended, saying native communities affected by the controve...
China reservoir collapse kills at least 10: state media
Aug 12, 2012 (AFP)
At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured after the earthen wall of a reservoir collapsed in eastern China, flooding a rural area, state media said Sund...
UN chief launches initiative to protect oceans
Aug 12, 2012 (AFP)
The UN chief Sunday announced an initiative to protect oceans from pollution and over-fishing and to combat rising sea levels which threaten hundreds of million...
El Nino may be under way: Japan weather agency
Aug 10, 2012 (AFP)
An "El Nino" weather phenomenon is presumed to be under way in the tropical western Pacific and is expected to last until winter, Japan's meteorological agency ...
Microbes, sponges, and worms add to coral reef woes
Aug 09, 2012 (SPX)
Microbes, sponges, and worms-the side effects of pollution and heavy fishing-are adding insult to injury in Kenya's imperiled reef systems, according to a recen...
Threatened shark species turning up in US restaurants: study
Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)
Threatened shark species are being used to make shark fin soup, a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, in several US cities, according to an unprecedented study based o...
Asia, US plains facing water extraction crisis
Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)
Heavily-populated regions of Asia, the arid Middle East and parts of the US corn belt are dangerously over-exploiting their underground water supplies, accordin...
Thai villagers in legal challenge against Laos dam
Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)
Thai opponents of a planned multi-billion dollar dam in Laos submitted a lawsuit to a court in Bangkok on Tuesday seeking to prevent their country buying power ...
China urges Sri Lanka to release fishermen
Aug 07, 2012 (UPI)
The Chinese Embassy in Colombo has urged a speedy release of 37 Chinese fishermen arrested for alleged illegal fishing in Sri Lankan waters. An embassy official...
Study finds healthy seafood comes from sustainable fish
Aug 07, 2012 (SPX)
When ordering seafood, the options are many and so are some of the things you might consider in what you order. Is your fish healthy? Is it safe? Is it harveste...
Deep-sea squid can 'jettison arms' as defensive tactic
Aug 07, 2012 (SPX)
A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Rhode Island has observed a never-before-seen defensive strategy used by a small species of deep-sea squid in whi...
France's Veolia boosts cost cutting, stock tumbles
Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)
French utility group Veolia Environnement said Thursday it would increase cost cutting despite swinging back into profit in the first half, sending its stock pr...
Earth absorbs more of our CO2 emissions: science
Aug 01, 2012 (AFP)
Even as Man's output of Earth-warming CO2 has risen, so has the capacity of plants and the oceans to absorb it, scientists said Wednesday, but warned this may n...
Coral reef thriving in sediment-laden waters
Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)
Rapid rates of coral reef growth have been identified in sediment-laden marine environments, conditions previously believed to be detrimental to reef growth. A ...
Spillways can divert sand from river to rebuild wetlands
Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers could have a new method to rebuild wetlands of the Louisiana delta, thanks to a chance finding while monitoring severe flooding of the Mississippi R...
Delving into the molecular mechanism behind deep-sea bacteria's pressure tolerance
Jul 31, 2012 (SPX)
The Mariana Trench is the deepest feature of the Earth's surface. The water column there exerts a pressure of more than one thousand times normal atmospheric pr...
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