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Satellites highlight a 30-year rise in ocean acidification
Apr 22, 2021 (ESA)
Oceans not only soak up around 90% of the extra heat in the atmosphere caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activity such as the burning of fossil fuel...
Solar and wind power could break the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam deadlock
Apr 21, 2021 (SPX)
Ethiopia needs GERD's electricity to lift millions of citizens out of poverty. But Egypt is concerned by GERD's consequences for its agriculture, which depends ...
Race to save Cyprus corals from climate change, mass tourism
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
A fisherman's son who hails from the Mediterranean island, Hadjiannou loves to put on his wetsuit, fins and mask and plunge off the dramatic rocks into the turq...
Navy exercise tests unmanned vessels, aircraft
Apr 19, 2021 (UPI)
Executed by the Navy's 3rd Fleet, "Unmanned Battle Problem 21" will "generate warfighting advantages in integrating multi-domain manned and unmanned capabilitie...
Vice Adm. Linda Fagan nominated as U.S. Coast Guard vice commandant
Apr 19, 2021 (UPI)
The nomination by President Joe Biden, pending approval by the U.S. Senate, would make Fagan the Coast Guard's first female four-star admiral, the branch said i...
'Lost paradise' as Mediterranean edges ever closer to home
Apr 15, 2021 (AFP)
But today, the sea is gradually gnawing away at their refuge on a coastline that has grown vulnerable to the ravages of climate change. "It's a harsh fate after...
Study: Coral reefs' protection saves U.S. property owners billions each year
Apr 15, 2021 (UPI)
The study, published Thursday in the journal Nature Sustainability, is the latest effort to quantify the money coral reefs in the United States save property ow...
Israel sends Jordan extra water thanks to 'US pressure'
Apr 14, 2021 (AFP)
"We have... obtained from Israel an additional quantity of eight million cubic metres" of water, after several weeks of waiting, Omar Salameh, a spokesman for t...
Global warming is making India's monsoon season more erratic
Apr 14, 2021 (UPI)
Simulations carried out by more than 30 different state-of-the-art climate models showed rising global temperatures will fuel more intense rainfall during most ...
No mood to celebrate: Myanmar to snub water fight festival
Apr 12, 2021 (AFP)
For a second year running, Myanmar's traditional Buddhist holiday period, which runs from Tuesday to Friday this week, has been disrupted. Pandemic restrictions...
French water and waste companies agree to mega-merger
Apr 12, 2021 (AFP)
After months of waging a battle in the media and the courts, Veolia finally won over Suez with an offer of 20.50 euros per share, up from its original offer of ...
China's plans for Himalayan super dam stoke fears in India
Apr 11, 2021 (AFP)
The structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the world's longest and deepest canyon a...
Global network to eavesdrop on oceans quieted by Covid
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
Travel and economic downturns due to Covid-19 have seen falls in maritime traffic, sea floor exploration and other human interference, creating "a unique moment...
Sudan rules out armed action over Ethiopia's Nile dam
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
Downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat because of their dependence on Nile waters, while Ethiopia considers it essential for its electri...
After COVID-19 delay, Delta-X Field Campaign begins in Louisiana
Apr 07, 2021 (JPL)
For the water-based part of the campaign, several boats were to be deployed to measure the flow of water through river channels and the subsequent transport of ...
Ethiopia to go on filling Nile mega-dam despite impasse: minister
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on it in 2011. Downstream neighbours E...
'It's the tone': Palau president explains his China mistrust
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
Whipps, 52, became Palau's president last year after defeating an opponent who favoured closer ties with Beijing. The Pacific nation of around 21,000 people is ...
Taiwan imposes water rationing as drought worsens
Apr 06, 2021 (AFP)
The shortage is expected to particularly impact the water-intensive microchip manufacturing sector during a global shortage of semiconductors that power everyth...
Climate change driving marine species poleward
Apr 06, 2021 (AFP)
Comparison of data on nearly 50,000 species over three 20-year periods up to 2015 revealed that the exodus from tropical waters is accelerating, they reported i...
Study reveals uncertainty in how much carbon the ocean absorbs over time
Apr 06, 2021 (SPX)
But a new MIT study points to a significant uncertainty in the way the biological pump is represented in climate models today. Researchers found that the "gold ...
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