WATER WORLD - AFRICA DAILY

Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)

The water utility in Angola's capital vowed Friday to repair a burst water main within days, to end severe shortages that have lasted a week across much of Luan...

More water shortages for China?

Feb 16, 2012 (UPI)

China faces worsening water shortages, a government official warned. The country's water shortages, along with serious river pollution and a deteriorating aquat...

2011 shark attacks remain steady, deaths highest since 1993

Feb 13, 2012 (SPX)

Shark attacks in the U.S. declined in 2011, but worldwide fatalities reached a two-decade high, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Att...

Ocean warming causes elephant seals to dive deeper

Feb 13, 2012 (SPX)

Global warming is having an effect on the dive behaviour and search for food of southern elephant seals. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar...

Ocean microbe communities changing, but long-term environmental impact is unclear

Feb 13, 2012 (SPX)

As oceans warm due to climate change, water layers will mix less and affect the microbes and plankton that pump carbon out of the atmosphere - but researchers s...

Engage China in water dialogue: Experts

Feb 13, 2012 (IANS)

China's move to extensively dam the Yarlung-Brahmaputra as it flows through Tibet and its intention to also divert the river came into sharp focus at a conferen...

Shark attacks rising, study says humans to blame

Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)

Sharks killed twice as many swimmers and surfers last year than in 2010, with the increase due largely to a growth in tourism and changing shark patterns due to...

Hundreds of dead dolphins wash ashore in Peru

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

At least 264 dead bottlenose dolphins have washed ashore over the past three days on Peru's northern coast, officials said Friday as they seek to discover what ...

Reform of EU fishing quotas urged

Feb 10, 2012 (UPI)

Letting overfished fish stocks recover would, over time, help the European fishing industry earn more money and create more jobs, a study says. While the fishin...

UNH Ocean Scientists Shed New Light on Mariana Trench

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

An ocean mapping expedition has shed new light on deepest place on Earth, the 2,500-kilometer long Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean near Guam. Using ...

Google Earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by Scripps Institution ...

'Pyramids' planted to revive Philippine corals

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Thousands of small "pyramids" are being planted off the Philippines' famous Boracay resort island in an effort to bring its nearly destroyed coral reefs back to...

Heat and cold damage corals in their own ways

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While ocean warming has been the primary focu...

Yangtze river pollution sparks panic in China

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

A cargo ship spilled acid into China's longest river last week, contaminating tap supplies and sparking a run on bottled water in eastern China, the government ...

Water group Suez strives to overcome Australian problem

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

The French environmental services group Suez said Wednesday that it would preserve a solid balance sheet after releasing 2011 results that were hit by problems ...

Fog harvesting gives water to South African village

Nov 01, 2011 (AFP)

When plumes of fog gather above the rocky mountains encircling a remote South African village, children look at them with excitement, knowing they will have cle...

Experts recommend the inclusion of rainwater-collection systems in cities

Nov 01, 2011 (SPX)

Plain, sloping roofs can collect up to 50% more rainwater than flat roofs with gravel. This water is also of higher quality. These are the conclusions of a stud...

From seawater to freshwater with a nanotechnology filter

Jun 08, 2011 (SPX)

In this month's Physics World, Jason Reese, Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at the University of Strathclyde, describes the role that carbo...