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New research on seaweeds shows it takes more than being flexible to survive crashing waves
May 17, 2012 (SPX)
Seaweeds are important foundational species that are vital both as food and habitat to many aquatic and terrestrial shore organisms. Yet seaweeds that cling to ...
World Bank $275 mn loan to tackle Philippines sewage
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
The World Bank is lending the Philippines $275 million to tackle huge volumes of untreated sewage that threaten to swallow the capital Manila, the lender said W...
New Zealand warned on resource usage
May 16, 2012 (UPI)
New Zealand must do more research before exploiting marine resources, the country's national scientific academy warned. Scientific data about the impact such ex...
Chile supreme court halts Patagonia dam project
May 12, 2012 (AFP)
Chile's supreme court has halted construction on the Rio Cuervo hydroelectric project in the country's remote and pristine Patagonia region, after accepting an ...
Groundwater pumping leads to sea level rise, cancels out effect of dams
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
As people pump groundwater for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses, the water doesn't just seep back into the ground - it also evaporates into the a...
70 percent of beaches eroding on Hawaiian islands Kauai, Oahu, and Maui
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
An assessment of coastal change over the past century has found 70 percent of beaches on the islands of Kaua'i, O'ahu, and Maui are undergoing long-term erosion...
Laos says building of controversial dam on hold
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
Laos has postponed construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong, an official said Thursday, dismissing fears that the work was going ahead despite growing ...
US gives Zambia $355 mln for water projects
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
Zambia signed a deal Thursday with the United States for a grant worth over almost $355 million to improve water and sanitation in the cholera-plagued capital c...
Argentina fisheries at risk from dispute
May 09, 2012 (UPI)
Argentina's fisheries industry is at risk from a tough government line that has blocked a possible compromise in a dispute with the labor unions. Industrial act...
Another dam project approved for Patagonia: official
May 08, 2012 (AFP)
An environmental review commission Tuesday approved construction of another hydroelectric project in Chile's remote and pristine Patagonia region, an officials ...
Dry rivers, vibrant with culture and life
May 08, 2012 (SPX)
'When the River Runs Dry' is a familiar song in Australia. Some rivers in the arid center of the continent flow only after a stiff monsoon season, and smaller t...
Global Warming Refuge Discovered Near At-Risk Pacific Island Nation of Kiribati
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists predict ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems. But a new study sh...
Pacific islands may become refuge for corals in a warming climate
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists have predicted that ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems. But a ...
Nutrient supply after algal bloom determines the succession of the bacterial population
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
Algal blooms can considerably interfere with summer holidays by the sea. In the coastal zone of temperate regions a spring algal bloom is not a sign of excessiv...
NOAA discovers way to detect low-level exposure to seafood toxin in marine animals
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
NOAA scientists and their colleagues have discovered a biological marker in the blood of laboratory zebrafish and marine mammals that shows when they have been ...
Geophysicists employ novel method to identify sources of global sea level rise
May 03, 2012 (SPX)
As the Earth's climate warms, a melting ice sheet produces a distinct and highly non-uniform pattern of sea-level change, with sea level falling close to the me...
From Decade to Decade: What's the Status of our Groundwater Quality?
May 03, 2012 (SPX)
There was no change in concentrations of chloride, dissolved solids, or nitrate in groundwater for more than 50 percent of well networks sampled in a new analys...
Impaired recovery of Atlantic cod - forage fish or other factors?
May 02, 2012 (SPX)
In a rapid communication just published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, biologist Douglas Swain of the Gulf Fisheries Centre and Robe...
Strike at Amazon dam project in second week
May 02, 2012 (AFP)
A strike by 7,000 workers seeking better work conditions at a contested dam in Brazil's Amazon region was in its second week Wednesday, despite a court ruling d...
Old maps and dead clams help solve coastal boulder mystery
May 02, 2012 (SPX)
Perched atop the sheer coastal cliffs of Ireland's Aran Islands, ridges of giant boulders have puzzled geologists for years. What forces could have torn these r...
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