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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...
DR Congo hosts 'last chance' talks over contested Nile dam
Apr 04, 2021 (AFP)
"These negotiations represent the last chance that the three countries must seize to reach an accord," Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told Egyptian medi...
Understanding hidden diversity on coral reefs key to conservation
Apr 02, 2021 (UPI)
In a new paper, published Friday in the journal Current Biology, scientists detailed important ecological and physiological differences between coral species th...
Blue-green algae blooms can release harmful toxins into the air
Apr 02, 2021 (UPI)
Traces of the algal toxin anatoxin-a, or ATX, sometimes called the Very Fast Death Factor, were measured at a Massachusetts pond that frequently hosts large alg...
Seagrasses turn back the clock on ocean acidification
Apr 01, 2021 (SPX)
The study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, found that these unsung ecosystems can alleviate low pH, or more acidic, conditions for extended peri...
DR Congo to host Nile dam talks April 3-5
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
The three-day meeting will be hosted by President Felix Tshisekedi, who took over the chair of the African Union last month, officials at the foreign ministry a...
Egypt's Sisi warns Ethiopia dam risks 'unimaginable instability'
Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)
The dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been simmering for around a decade and mediation attempts with downstream Egypt and Sudan have r...
US authorities probing alarming spike in manatee deaths
Mar 26, 2021 (AFP)
Nearly 540 dead manatees were found in Florida waters just between January 1 and March 19, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (F...
Filter made from a tree branch cleans contaminated water
Mar 25, 2021 (UPI)
The filter takes advantage of the natural sieving abilities of xylem -- thin, interconnected membranes found in the sapwood branches of pine, ginkgo and other n...
Marine mammals at a crossroads, survey finds
Mar 25, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new survey, published Thursday in the journal Endangered Species Research, Earth's marine mammal species are at a crossroads. Scientists analyzed...
Warming drives 'fundamental' changes to ocean, scientists warn
Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)
The research published in the journal Nature looked at 50 years of data and followed the way in which surface water "decouples" from the deeper ocean. Climate c...
The same sea level for everyone
Mar 24, 2021 (SPX)
How high is Mount Everest? 8848 meters? 8844 meters? Or 8850 meters? For years, China and Nepal could not agree. In 2019, Nepal sent a team of geodesists to mea...
How ESA helps South Africa share water fairly
Mar 23, 2021 (ESA)
On World Water Day, how can the government achieve the sustainable use of water for the benefit of all South Africans? ESA has been working in partnership with ...
Landsat data warns of harmful algal blooms
Mar 23, 2021 (SPX)
From the vantage point of space, satellites, including the NASA and U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Landsat 8, can help scientists identify lakes where a bloom ...
26.5 million Nigerian children lack access to water: UNICEF
Mar 22, 2021 (AFP)
In a statement marking World Water Day, UNICEF said more than 1.42 billion people -- including 450 million children -- are living in areas of high or extremely ...
France's EDF says Myanmar dam project halted over coup
Mar 21, 2021 (AFP)
Nearly 250 people are confirmed dead in protests since the February 1 military coup, according to tolls compiled by NGOs, and more than 2,300 others have been a...
British scientists appeal for return of head of rare shark washed up on beach
Mar 20, 2021 (UPI)
Believed to be a Smalltooth Sandtiger Shark, the 8 ft-long predator which was intact when it was first spotted on Saturday and reported to the Zoological Societ...
Scientists map ocean areas where protections offer greatest benefits
Mar 17, 2021 (UPI)
According to the new research, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, marine protections in specific areas would preserve 80% of the habitats for endangered...
Sea bed dredging emits as much carbon as aviation: study
Mar 17, 2021 (AFP)
The ocean floor contains twice as much carbon as all of Earth's soil, which is disturbed and emitted when fishing boats dredge their nets along it. Authors of t...
Majority of coral reefs examined suffer from low oxygen levels, study says
Mar 16, 2021 (UPI)
The new research is documented in the journal Nature Climate Change, and its authors said this is the first time the current state of low oxygen, or hypoxia, wa...
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