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N. Atlantic ocean temperature sets record high: US agency
Jul 28, 2023 (AFP)
The news comes after scientists confirmed that July is on track to be the warmest month in record history -- searing heat intensified by global warming that has...
Global warming will cause more multiyear La Nina events: study
Jul 28, 2023 (SPX)
Unlike El Nino, which usually lasts one year, La Nina tends to develop after an El Nino and lasts for two consecutive years or more. This is known as a multiyea...
New manufacturing equipment could be used at sea or in deep space
Jul 28, 2023 (SPX)
The project will improve manufacturing capabilities at UTA for printing a wide range of metals and alloys. The grant recipient, Emma Yang, is an assistant profe...
French leader goes green to woo Pacific islands
Jul 28, 2023 (AFP)
Macron is telling Pacific leaders that France understands the threat they face from a warming Earth, from rising seas swamping low-lying islands to a loss of wi...
Blinken, Austin visit Australia on last leg of Pacific blitz
Jul 28, 2023 (AFP)
The United States has been ramping up efforts to re-engage in the South Pacific, where China has emerged as a rising diplomatic and military power. Blinken's tr...
Drought-hit N.Africa turns to purified sea and wastewater
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
Across the Maghreb region, which takes in parts of the Sahara and is plagued by scorching summer heat, countries are banking on new desalination plants and faci...
US to deploy coastguard ship to Papua New Guinea
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
"A US Coastguard cutter will be here in August," Austin said as he became the first Pentagon boss to visit Papua New Guinea. The move capitalises on a recently ...
Syria fishermen despair at water loss, river pollution
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
Ismail Hilal, 50, sat on the hull of his rowboat -- now lodged firmly on the shores of Lake Assad -- as gentle waves washed in, talking about the way of life he...
'Fight is on' at deep sea mining debate in Jamaica
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
Members of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), a little-known global body tasked with regulating the vast ocean floor, are locked in a heated debate over ...
Mineral-rich nodules and the battle over mining the deep sea
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
To the mining firms vying to extract them, on the other hand, they promise to be a "battery in a rock." These nodules, found on the seafloor several kilometers ...
Macron tells New Caledonia separatists to accept pro-France votes
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
On a landmark visit following three referendums that have rejected secession, Macron insisted the archipelago's future was within France. "Taking refuge in sepa...
Blinken in Tonga warns of 'predatory' Chinese aid
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
As part of a drive to build Washington's influence across the region and to counter Beijing's growing clout, Blinken touched down in the capital Nuku'alofa on a...
Will climate change hit Mediterranean tourism?
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
- State of play - Regions which welcome a sizeable share of holidaymakers are also those hardest hit by climate change. In Greece, thousands of tourists have be...
Florida and Mediterranean ocean temps at record highs
Jul 25, 2023 (AFP)
The readings were taken from a single buoy in Manatee Bay, about 38 miles (60 kilometers) southwest of Miami, at a depth of five feet (1.5 meters). A peak tempe...
Blood-stained Fiji PM cancels China trip after tumble
Jul 25, 2023 (AFP)
Sitiveni Rabuka appeared on camera in a blood-splattered shirt on the eve of his planned departure to describe a morning tumble that meant his visit to Chengdu,...
DR Congo's riverside capital running on scarce and dirty water
Jul 25, 2023 (AFP)
There, the mother of five fills her 25-litre (6.5-gallon) jerrycan with water, pays 150 Congolese francs (six US cents) and hauls the precious load back home. J...
Deep ocean targeted for mining is rich in unknown life
Jul 24, 2023 (AFP)
Miners are eyeing an abyssal plain stretching between Hawaii and Mexico, known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), for the rock-like "nodules" scattered acros...
Wounded US veterans accept new mission: healing coral reefs
Jul 23, 2023 (AFP)
He's part of a group of US Army veterans wounded in combat who are planting coral in a reef off the southern tip of Florida. The mission is twofold: save coral ...
Within sight of New York City, a despoiled river comes back to life
Jul 23, 2023 (AFP)
Even still, the former taxi driver says, there is still so much to do to protect the waterway. "The North Jersey area here, just across from New York, is like t...
Nations aim to ink deep sea mining rules by 2025
Jul 22, 2023 (AFP)
The ISA, an intergovernmental body tasked with protecting the seabed, and its member states have spent the last decade trying to hash out a mining code for the ...
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