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Forecasters predict second-smallest Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone'
Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)
A dry spring in portions of the Midwest is expected to result in the second-smallest Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" on record in 2012, according to a University of ...
Turning down the dial: Ocean energy development with less sound
Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)
The rise of ocean infrastructure development to tap energy sources such as tides, offshore wind and natural gas will require more pile driving, the practice of ...
NOAA: Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' predictions feature uncertainty
Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)
A team of NOAA-supported scientists is predicting that this year's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone could range from a low of approximately 1,197 square miles to as ...
China submersible breaks 7,000-metre mark
Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)
A manned Chinese submersible broke through the 7,000-metre mark for a new national deep water dive record on Sunday, state media said, as the Asian giant showed...
Rising sea level puts US Atlantic coast at risk: report
Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)
The sea level on a stretch of the US Atlantic coast that features the cities of New York, Norfolk and Boston is rising up to four times faster than the global a...
Chinese submersible aims for 23,000 feet
Jun 22, 2012 (UPI)
China's deep-sea submersible Jiaolong, having surpassed the record for the nation's deepest descent, aims to dive to almost 23,000 feet, researchers said. In th...
Study suggests expanded concept of 'urban watershed'
Jun 21, 2012 (SPX)
Within two decades, 60 percent of the world's population will live in cities, and coping with the resulting urban drinking water and sanitation issues will be o...
Rio+20: Maldives to create world's biggest marine reserve
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives announced at the Rio+20 summit here Wednesday it would create the world's biggest marine reserve to protect its fis...
Million year old groundwater in Maryland water supply
Jun 20, 2012 (SPX)
A portion of the groundwater in the upper Patapsco aquifer underlying Maryland is over a million years old. A new study suggests that this ancient groundwater, ...
Oracle chief buys Hawaiian island
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
Oracle boss Larry Ellison has bought a Hawaiian island from a fellow multi-billionaire businessman, the governor of the US Pacific Ocean state said Wednesday. E...
Nature inspires new submarine design
Jun 20, 2012 (SPX)
Superhydrophobicity is one of most important interfacial properties between solids and liquids. SHI Yanlong and his group from the College of Chemistry and Chem...
Arctic methane gas could spell trouble for Florida coastline
Jun 20, 2012 (SPX)
The ancient reserves of methane gas seeping from the melting Arctic ice cap told Jeff Chanton and fellow researchers what they already knew: As the permafrost t...
New research into flood impacts in the south of England
Jun 19, 2012 (SPX)
Research from the University of Southampton has developed and applied a method for understanding the effects and impacts of coastal flooding, which could contri...
New research leads to sensors that detect contaminants in water
Jun 18, 2012 (SPX)
Many organic contaminants in the air and in drinking water need to be detected at very low-level concentrations. Research published by the laboratory of Prashan...
Big Uncertainties in the Global Water Budget
Jun 18, 2012 (SPX)
No life without water. Catastrophes like droughts or strong rains reflect our dependence on the water cycle and climate system. Hence, it is important to unders...
CEOs urge RIO+20 leaders to make water security top priority
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
Some 45 corporate chiefs attending the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development on Monday pledged to make water security a strategic priority and called for...
IAEA launches ocean acidification research centre
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
The UN nuclear agency announced on Monday the creation of a new centre in Monaco to help coordinate international efforts to research and combat the serious env...
Indian 'sadhus' protest dam projects on holy Ganges
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of saffron-clad Indian "sadhus," or holy men, protested in New Delhi Monday against plans to construct more than 50 dams on the River Ganges -- whose w...
Research shows humans are primary cause of global ocean warming over past 50 years
Jun 18, 2012 (SPX)
The oceans have warmed in the past 50 years, but not by natural events alone. New research by a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists and in...
Cape Town juggles buffer between humans and deadly sharks
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
Undetected on the mountain slope, Tino Simmerie sweeps his binoculars over the South African bay where bathers happily splash about in turquoise waters. "They d...
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