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Latest Southern Ocean research shows continuing deep ocean change
May 25, 2012 (SPX)
Comparing detailed measurements taken during the Australian Antarctic program's 2012 Southern Ocean marine science voyage to historical data dating back to 1970...
Marine reserves boost fish: Australian study
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
Australian researchers tracking life on the Great Barrier Reef said Friday they have proven a long-debated theory that fish born in marine reserves boost overal...
Thousands of shellfish found dead in Peru
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of crustaceans were found dead off the coast of Lima following the mystery mass death of dolphins and pelicans, the Peruvian Navy said Friday. The cau...
New speaker can recreate dolphin sounds
May 24, 2012 (UPI)
A new device that can mimic the sound of dolphins could one day help humans talk with the remarkably intelligent creatures, scientists say. While acoustic resea...
Earth's water cycle intensifying with atmospheric warming
May 24, 2012 (SPX)
In a paper published in the journal Science, Australian scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Lawrenc...
Finding fingerprints in sea level rise
May 24, 2012 (SPX)
It was used to help Apollo astronauts navigate in space, and has since been applied to problems as diverse as economics and weather forecasting, but Harvard sci...
Swiss ultralight trikes used to explore Lake Baikal
May 24, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russian scientists are planning to explore Lake Baikal using ultralight trikes or motorized deltaplanes that will be delivered from Switzerland in the summer of...
Could cap and trade for water solve problems facing large US rivers
May 23, 2012 (SPX)
Lake Mead, on the Colorado River, is the largest reservoir in the United States, but users are consuming more water than flows down the river in an average year...
China to increase rainmaking efforts
May 23, 2012 (UPI)
A leading Chinese meteorologist says the country will employ more rainmaking technology and make better use of it in the next five years. Zheng Guoguang, admini...
Europe's beaches clean, but France lagging: study
May 23, 2012 (AFP)
Europe's beaches are generally clean but France is lagging behind other tourist destinations in the south of the continent, a report from European Environment A...
Greenpeace urges action on slumping tuna stocks
May 23, 2012 (AFP)
Greenpeace Wednesday accused the tuna industry of failing to stop the decimation of fish stocks, and called for an end to fishing methods that also accidentally...
'Natural causes' blamed for Peru dolphin deaths
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
Nearly 900 dolphins that washed up along Peru's northern coast since the start of the year died of natural causes, a top official said Tuesday, citing a governm...
Chile's vanishing Patagonian lake
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
In less than 24 hours Lake Cachet II in Chile's southern Patagonia vanished, leaving behind just some large puddles and chunks of ice in the vast lake bed. The ...
Elephant seal tracking reveals hidden lives of deep-diving animals
May 22, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who pioneered the use of satellite tags to monitor the migrations of elephant seals have compiled one o...
New species of fish in Sweden
May 22, 2012 (SPX)
Reticulated dragonet have been found in Vaderoarna - "Weather Islands" - off the west coast of Sweden. It is not often that a new species of fish is discovered ...
Cameron, tidal energy backers to meet
May 21, 2012 (UPI)
Backers of plans for a tidal energy "barrage" across Britain's River Severn estuary will meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron, its chief supporter say...
Call for Great Barrier Reef shipping review
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
Australian marine pilots Monday called for a review of how ships pass by the Great Barrier Reef, warning of the risk of a major environmental disaster on the to...
Climate scientists say they have solved riddle of rising sea
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists in Japan said on Sunday. Global sea levels rose by ...
Water supply cut near Tokyo due to toxin contamination
May 19, 2012 (AFP)
The water supply to tens of thousands of households near Tokyo was cut off Saturday after local checks found it was contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical....
Researchers map fish species at risk from dams
May 17, 2012 (SPX)
Dams are believed to be one of the biggest threats to freshwater organisms worldwide: They disrupt normal patterns of water and sediment flow, impede migration,...
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