WATER WORLD

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Why has 1944 water pact with US sparked Mexico unrest?
Sep 21, 2020 (AFP)
Demonstrators have occupied the La Boquilla dam in the border state of Chihuahua since September 8, saying they fear a drought will ruin their crops. Seventeen ...
Space technology set to boost national water quality management
Sep 18, 2020 (SPX)
A 12-month scoping study for the new technology is part of a mission under development called AquaWatch Australia. The AquaWatch Australia mission, being develo...
Emissions could add 15 inches to 2100 sea level rise
Sep 18, 2020 (SPX)
Results from this effort are in line with projections in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2019 Special Report on Oceans and the Cryosphere...
Supercooled water is a stable liquid, scientists show for the first time
Sep 18, 2020 (SPX)
The finding, published in the journal Science, provides long-sought experimental data to explain some of the bizarre behavior water exhibits at extremely cold t...
Transforming water management in the US West with NASA data
Sep 16, 2020 (SPX)
Evapotranspiration is the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere, by water leaving the soil (evaporation) and water lost through ...
The biggest fish in the sea are females, survey shows
Sep 16, 2020 (UPI)
For a decade, scientists measured the sizes and monitored the growth rates of male and female whale sharks, both in the ocean and in aquariums. The data showed ...
Fish exposed to noise pollution likely to die early: study
Sep 15, 2020 (AFP)
Human noise pervades the environment, from the roar of vehicle engines to the clatter of industry. Being underwater is no escape, with the whir of ship propelle...
Fate of nickel factory clouds New Caledonia's independence vote
Sep 13, 2020 (AFP)
Advocates of remaining part of France worry that separatist parties could capitalise on a shutdown to press their case for taking back control of a strategic ar...
US forces ready for Valiant Shield exercise in Pacific Ocean
Sep 11, 2020 (UPI)
The 12-day exercise of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command begins on Tuesday in Guam and at the Mariana Islands Range Complex. Approximately 100 aircraft and about 11...
'Dire' water shortages in S. Africa's Port Elizabeth
Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)
"The current drought situation and a poor forecast for rain over the next three months has put communities in the Nelson Mandela metro in a dire situation as wa...
Without otters, Alaskan reefs more vulnerable to urchins
Sep 10, 2020 (UPI)
That's the case off the coast of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, where coral reefs and kelp forests have been left vulnerable to climate change and sea urchin predat...
Ocean salinity study reveals amplification of Earth's water cycle
Sep 09, 2020 (UPI)
The global water cycle has a strong influence on the planet's climate system, and vice versa. As Earth's water cycle changes, so does the climate. To accurately...
Water warning as climate risks intensify: report
Sep 09, 2020 (AFP)
The multi-agency United in Science report said the world had seen its warmest five years on record in the last five years, adding that extreme weather events bo...
Sea Level Mission Will Also Act as a Precision Thermometer in Space
Sep 07, 2020 (JPL)
"Our fundamental goal with Sentinel-6 is to measure the oceans, but the more value we can add, the better," said Josh Willis, the mission's project scientist at...
World Bank cancels loan for controversial Lebanon dam
Sep 05, 2020 (AFP)
The Bisri Dam was partially suspended in June after the Washington-based development lender said it raised concerns about the project's implementation, and give...
Highest Nile waters for a century swamp Sudan
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
Wedged between the twin cities of Khartoum and Omdurman, people on Tuti fill bags with sand and small stones in an often futile bid to stop the lapping water fr...
Palau invites US military to build bases as China seeks regional clout
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper visited the island nation last week and accused Beijing of "ongoing destabilising activities" in the Pacific. Palau President To...
U.S., Australian forces conclude joint exercises
Sep 04, 2020 (UPI)
The U.S. forces joined a combined task force in Australia's Northern Territory, involving four B-1B Lancers, two B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, four F-15C Eagles a...
US cuts aid to Ethiopia over Nile dam quarrel
Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)
Washington has become increasingly concerned about the dispute over Ethiopia's move to keep filling the reservoir behind the 145-meter (475-foot) tall hydropowe...
Veolia bids for 29.9 percent of French rival Suez
Aug 30, 2020 (AFP)
Veolia's offer, worth an estimated 2.9 billion euros ($3.5 billion), would leave Engie with a holding of just over two percent in Suez that it could sell later ...
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