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Under climate change, winners and losers on the coral reef
Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)
As ocean temperatures rise, some species of corals are likely to succeed at the expense of others, according to a report published online in the Cell Press jour...
Hatchery, OSU scientists link ocean acidification to larval oyster failure
Apr 16, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oys...
New insights into when beach sand may become unsafe for digging and other contact
Apr 16, 2012 (SPX)
With summer days at the beach on the minds of millions of winter-weary people, a new study provides health departments with information needed to determine when...
Iran starts $1-bn project to bring water to desert
Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)
Iran on Monday officially launched a $1-billion first phase of an ambitious project to pump water from the Caspian Sea to a city in its vast and expanding centr...
Study shows adaptive capacity of reef corals to climate change may be widespread
Apr 16, 2012 (SPX)
A new study by scientists at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests that many species of reef-building corals ma...
South Africa issues shark warning around washed-up whale
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
South African coastal authorities on Friday warned beachgoers around the tourist town of Knysna that sharks were moving into the area, feeding on the remains of...
Researchers Report Potential for a Moderate New England Red Tide in 2012
Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)
New England is expected to experience a "moderate" regional "red tide" this spring and summer, report NOAA-funded scientists working in the Gulf of Maine to stu...
Has the Dead Sea Used Up its Nine Lives?
Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)
Rapidly dropping water levels of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the earth's surface heralded for its medicinal properties, has been a source of ecological co...
Rising Pacific seas linked to climate change: study
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
Sea levels in the southwest Pacific started rising drastically in the 1880s, with a notable peak in the 1990s thought to be linked to human-induced climate chan...
India: reforms needed for water supply
Apr 10, 2012 (UPI)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for transparent pricing of the country's water to avert the country's growing water scarcity. Speaking at the openin...
Corals 'could survive a more acidic ocean'
Apr 10, 2012 (SPX)
Corals may be better placed to cope with the gradual acidification of the world's oceans than previously thought - giving rise to hopes that coral reefs might e...
Task force recommends reducing global harvest of forage fish
Apr 10, 2012 (SPX)
A task force that conducted one of the most comprehensive analyses of global "forage fish" populations issued its report this week, which strongly recommends im...
Levels of the Dead Sea causing worry
Apr 10, 2012 (UPI)
Human activity around the Dead Sea could threaten its existence and cause it to dry up, Israeli scientists say. Although the Dead Sea almost dried up more than ...
Radiation from Japan found in kelp off US West Coast
Apr 09, 2012 (AFP)
Radioactive iodine was found in kelp off the US West Coast following last year's earthquake-triggered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown, according to a new stu...
What the future of water means to business
Apr 05, 2012 (UPI)
Over the past decade, Ford Motor Co. has set out to reduce the amount of an important natural resource it uses in the production of its vehicles. What precious ...
Declines in Caribbean coral reefs pre-date damage resulting from climate change
Apr 04, 2012 (SPX)
The decline of Caribbean coral reefs has been linked to the recent effects of human-induced climate change. However, new research led by scientists at Scripps I...
New comparison of ocean temperatures reveals rise over the last century
Apr 04, 2012 (SPX)
A new study contrasting ocean temperature readings of the 1870s with temperatures of the modern seas reveals an upward trend of global ocean warming spanning at...
Chilean court approves huge Patagonia dam
Apr 04, 2012 (AFP)
Chile's Supreme Court Wednesday removed the last legal obstacle to building a giant $2.9 billion hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian wilderness, rejecting a...
Gray seals consume as much fish as the fishing industry catches
Apr 04, 2012 (SPX)
The grey seals in the Baltic Sea compete for fish with the fishing industry. The seals locally eat about the same quantities of cod, common whitefish, salmon, s...
'Titanic' director says ocean alien world
Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)
Fresh from his journey to the deepest point of the Pacific in a solo submarine dive, Hollywood director James Cameron has spoken to Australian schoolchildren, a...
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