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Australia fends climate criticism at Pacific Islands summit
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
Anthony Albanese is under pressure at this week's Pacific Islands Forum, where he will come face-to-face with leaders from some of the countries most vulnerable...
Vienna fountain decried for 'ugliness', costs
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
The 1.8-million-euro ($1.9-million) fountain was commissioned by the city's left-wing government led by Social Democrat Mayor Michael Ludwig and inaugurated wit...
El Nino set to last at least til April: UN
Nov 08, 2023 (AFP)
El Nino is a naturally occurring climate pattern typically associated with increased heat worldwide, as well as drought in some parts of the world and heavy rai...
Crust-forming algae are displacing corals in tropical waters worldwide
Nov 07, 2023 (SPX)
In an article publishing in the journal Current Biology on November 6, a team of marine biologists report that peyssonnelioid alga crusts, or PACs, are expandin...
Greenland's rapidly melting ice shelves risk 'dramatic' sea level rise: study
Nov 07, 2023 (AFP)
The floating shelves play a crucial role in regulating the flow of ice into the ocean from glaciers hosting enough ice to ultimately raise sea levels by 2.1 met...
SWOT takes unprecedented view of global sea levels
Nov 06, 2023 (JPL)
SWOT is measuring the height of nearly all water on Earth's surface, providing one of the most detailed, comprehensive views yet of the planet's oceans and fres...
Water will be key at UN climate talks: Dutch envoy
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
The focus on water at the crucial climate talks starting in Dubai on November 30 "is an explicit acknowledgement" that the world is already having to deal with ...
Australia PM Albanese vows to 'work constructively with China'
Nov 05, 2023 (AFP)
Albanese was speaking at the opening of the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on the first full day of a high-profile state visit to his countr...
Australia's Albanese expected in China as relations thaw
Nov 04, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing is Canberra's biggest trading partner, but ties plummeted in 2020 after Australia's then-conservative government barred Chinese tech giant Huawei from 5...
Study links changes in global water cycle to higher temperatures
Nov 03, 2023 (SPX)
To find answers and make informed predictions, scientists look to the past. Reconstructions of past climate change using geologic data have helped to show the f...
Philippines, Japan announce negotiations for key defence pact
Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)
Tokyo and Manila -- longtime allies of the United States -- are deepening their defence cooperation as they seek to counter China's growing military pressure. T...
Mayotte turns to bottled water in century's worst drought
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
The Indian Ocean archipelago, the lowest-income region in France with most people below the poverty line, depends on rain for its drinking water, but rainfall h...
Humans are disrupting natural 'salt cycle' on a global scale, new study shows
Nov 01, 2023 (SPX)
Geologic and hydrologic processes bring salts to Earth's surface over time, but human activities such as mining and land development are rapidly accelerating th...
Ocean warming is accelerating, with hotspots taking the brunt
Nov 01, 2023 (SPX)
Since the early 1990s, the rate of ocean warming has nearly doubled during the 2010-2020 period as compared to 1990-2000. This is chiefly due to human activitie...
In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat
Nov 01, 2023 (SPX)
In recent years, some researchers have been puzzled upon finding that water in their experiments, which was held in a sponge-like material known as a hydrogel, ...
Plastic waste in rivers may carry dangerous microbes: study
Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)
The research, which focused on one UK river, found that dumped plastic, wooden sticks and the water itself were a breeding ground for communities of microorgani...
Search on for Australian surfer's body after shark attack
Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)
There has been no trace of the victim since the marine predator struck Tuesday morning near the popular surfing spot of Granites Beach in South Australia, polic...
US military in Japan get local seafood post-Fukushima
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
Japan began releasing treated wastewater from the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific in August, 12 years after it suffered one of t...
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers reveal how common desert shrub efficiently harvests water from the air
Oct 31, 2023 (SPX)
Tamarix aphylla, or athel tamarisk, is a halophytic desert shrub, meaning it can survive in hypersaline conditions. Over time, the plant has evolved to take ful...
Storms swell Iguazu falls to near decade-high flow
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
Storms in the southern Brazilian state of Parana sent the flow of water through the massive falls gushing to 24.2 million liters per second Monday, the second-h...
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