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One shot dead in Iran water shortage protests
Jul 17, 2021 (AFP)
The demonstrator was killed in the Khuzestan province town of Shadegan, the official IRNA news agency said. The province is Iran's main oil-producing region and...
Coral cells seen engulfing algae for first time
Jul 15, 2021 (SPX)
"Dinoflagellates are crucial for keeping coral healthy and alive," said Professor Noriyuki Satoh, senior author of the study and head of the Marine Genomics Uni...
Australia to take ambassadors snorkelling to save Great Barrier Reef status
Jul 14, 2021 (AFP)
The United Nations cultural agency last month recommended that the world's largest reef system -- and a jewel in Australia's tourism crown -- be downgraded beca...
Ethiopia says UN role in Nile dam row 'unhelpful'
Jul 13, 2021 (AFP)
The huge dam, set to be Africa's largest hydroelectric project when completed, has sparked an almost decade-long diplomatic row between Addis Ababa and downstre...
Rethinking southeast Asia's energy plans
Jul 12, 2021 (SPX)
A team of scientists based in Singapore showed that these two challenges can be decoupled. Their study, titled "Solar energy and regional coordination as a feas...
Nile dam deal between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan is possible, UN says
Jul 09, 2021 (AFP)
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has drawn the ire of Egypt and Sudan since construction began in 2011, with both fearing for their water resources. E...
New satellite data techniques reveal coastal sea-level rise
Jul 08, 2021 (ESA)
Using the Baltic Sea as a target for the research, this new processing technique, which shows regional differences in sea-level rise, drastically improves and e...
Israel, Jordan agree on major water sale, Palestinian trade
Jul 08, 2021 (AFP)
Water resource cooperation has been a core issue between Israel and Jordan since a 1994 peace deal, but relations between the neighbours have frayed in recent y...
Study Projects a Surge in Coastal Flooding, Starting in 2030s
Jul 08, 2021 (JPL)
Starting in the mid-2030s, however, the alignment of rising sea levels with a lunar cycle will cause coastal cities all around the U.S. to begin a decade of dra...
Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam
Jul 08, 2021 (AFP)
- Ten countries - At 6,695 kilometres (4,160 miles), the Nile is one of the world's longest rivers and a crucial supplier of water and hydropower in a largely a...
Ethiopia resumes filling Nile mega-dam reservoir, angering downstream nations
Jul 07, 2021 (AFP)
Both Cairo and Khartoum said they had been notified by Addis Ababa that the second phase of filling had begun at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egy...
Ethiopia begins second stage of filling mega-dam, angering Egypt
Jul 06, 2021 (AFP)
Egypt said the move was "a violation of international laws and norms that regulate projects built on the shared basins of international rivers," and had express...
Thor Drops his Hammer Heads to Shark Protection
Jul 06, 2021 (SPX)
The transition begins in looking for new technology to co-exist with sharks. Hemsworth is the mouthpiece for Director Sally Aitkin as she weaves a "storymentory...
UN draft resolution calls on Ethiopia to cease filling mega-dam
Jul 06, 2021 (AFP)
The huge dam, set to be Africa's largest hydroelectric project when completed, has sparked an almost decade-long diplomatic stand-off between Addis Ababa and do...
Honduran hydroelectric executive convicted of environmentalist murder
Jul 05, 2021 (AFP)
A judge said Roberto David Castillo, a former member of the armed forces who graduated from the West Point military academy in New York, was the "co-perpetrator...
UN Security Council to meet on controversial Ethiopia dam
Jul 05, 2021 (AFP)
Both nations have been pushing Ethiopia to ink a binding deal over the filling and operation of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile that...
Scientists defend UNESCO in row with Australia over Great Barrier Reef
Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)
The UN's cultural agency "made the right decision to recommend that the world's most iconic Reef system be inscribed on the List of World Heritage In Danger," s...
'Gone to hell': The battle to save Europe's oldest lake
Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)
North Macedonia's government is scrambling to enforce environmental protection rules and shut down places like Pendoski's self-built restaurant, to save Lake Oh...
Warm-blooded fish faster than cold-blooded peers, equally vulnerable to climate change
Jul 01, 2021 (UPI)
For decades, scientists have debated the evolutionary advantages gained by internalizing temperature regulation. Now, new research has confirmed that warm-blood...
Instant water disinfectant 'millions of times more effective' than commercial purification
Jul 01, 2021 (UPI)
In addition to revolutionizing municipal water cleaning, the inventors of the novel technique suggest their disinfectant can help safely and cheaply deliver pot...
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