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Rivers in the sky likely to drench East Asia under climate change
Jan 19, 2022 (SPX)
In a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a research team led by the University of Tsukuba has reported on model results predicting more frequen...
Ecuador expands sea life protections around Galapagos
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
President Guillermo Lasso, on board a scientific vessel from the Galapagos National Park (PNG) anchored in the bay of Puerto Ayora off Santa Cruz Island, signed...
How the Amazon basin waters the Atacama Desert
Jan 11, 2022 (SPX)
They account for 40 to 80 per cent of total precipitation in the Atacama. The findings show a new pathway of water supply for one of the driest regions on Earth...
Microbes produce oxygen in the dark
Jan 07, 2022 (SPX)
Oxygen is vital for life on Earth, and is mainly produced by plants, algae and cyanobacteria via photosynthesis. A few microbes are known to make oxygen without...
Nigeria gunmen kidnap three Chinese dam workers: police
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
Criminal gangs looking for ransom payments often target expatriate workers at infrastructure projects in parts of Africa's most populous nation. Suspected armed...
Scientists build new atlas of ocean's oxygen-starved waters
Jan 01, 2022 (SPX)
Now MIT scientists have generated the most detailed, three-dimensional "atlas" of the largest ODZs in the world. The new atlas provides high-resolution maps of ...
DARPA Selects Performers to Build, Test Manta Ray Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)
The two prime contractors, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Martin Defense Group, are each developing unique full-scale demonstration vehicles. The Mant...
Seagrass is not a miracle solution against climate change
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
Seagrasses are aquatic plants that thrive in shallow, light-flooded water and are anchored by their roots to the soft seabed. For many animal species, such as m...
Sea level fall led to the decline of pre-Columbian societies 2,000 years ago
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
The study, funded by the European project ERC-CoG TRADITION, assessed the stable isotope composition of over 300 human individuals and more than 400 radiocarbon...
SpaceX launches NASA's water topography satellite into orbit
Dec 16, 2021 (UPI)
The SpaceX 9 rocket lifted off at 6:47 a.m., launching the mission that will provide NASA's first global survey of water on Earth's surface, measuring the eleva...
DARPA Announces Forecasting Floats in Turbulence Challenge Winners
Dec 15, 2021 (SPX)
The goal of the challenge was to spur development of algorithms to better predict where free-drifting floats will travel over time. Competitors developed algori...
Vulnerable to climate change, New York constructs seawall
Dec 14, 2021 (AFP)
Superstorm Sandy in 2012 was the trigger for establishing the East Coast Resiliency Project (ESCR), running 2.5 miles (four kilometers) along the shoreline of L...
Farmed seafood supply at risk if climate change goes unaddressed, study predicts
Dec 13, 2021 (UPI)
If fossil fuels continue to be burned at their current rates, the amount of seafood able to be farmed sustainably will increase by 8% by 2050 before declining b...
Human activity playing role in endangering thousands of marine species
Dec 09, 2021 (UPI)
The IUNC's Red List of Threatened Species said the populations of dugongs -- large herbivorous marine mammals -- and 44% of all abalone shellfish species are th...
Study confirms importance of Southern Ocean in absorbing carbon dioxide
Dec 09, 2021 (JPL)
Recent research had raised uncertainty about just how much atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) these icy waters absorb. Those studies relied on measurements of oce...
Meet the Oystamaran
Dec 09, 2021 (SPX)
"It's our responsibility to use our skills and opportunities to work on problems that really matter," says Kornberg, who now works for an aquaculture company ca...
UK watchdog urges halt to DR Congo dam project
Dec 08, 2021 (AFP)
The $500-million plan for a hydropower dam to provide energy to mining companies in DRC's copper and cobalt belt appeared to break Congolese conservation law an...
Rising seas blamed as flooding hits Pacific islands
Dec 08, 2021 (AFP)
The Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and Federated States of Micronesia all reported flooding, with reports that remote parts of Vanuatu were also hit by risin...
British regulator concerned about Suez-Veolia merger
Dec 07, 2021 (AFP)
The Competition and Markets Authority ordered the firms, whose merger is still being reviewed by regulators in several countries, to respond to its concerns wit...
Coral reefs of western Indian Ocean at risk of collapse: study
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
The findings, published in the journal Nature Sustainability on Monday, warned that reefs along the eastern coast of Africa and island nations like Mauritius an...
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