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Better use of scarce water key to Middle East's future: World Bank

Aug 29, 2017 (AFP)

With poor access to water and poor sanitation, the region is suffering annual economic losses of as much as $21 billion, according to the report, published to c...

Algae fortifies coral reefs in past and present

Aug 29, 2017 (SPX)

"Coral reefs as we know them today are a product of that long term coral-coralline algae relationship," Weiss said. "So if we want to preserve our coral reefs, ...

Phoenix International receives $23.3M for deep-sea rescue vehicles

Aug 29, 2017 (UPI)

The modification, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, includes maintenance, engineering, field changes and operations with the SRDRS. The work is exp...

Coral skeletons may resist the effects of acidifying oceans

Aug 29, 2017 (SPX)

New research from Pupa Gilbert, a professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides evidence that at least one species of coral, Stylophora ...

Potential impacts of planned Andean Amazon dams outweigh benefits, scientists say

Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)

The authors of the study warn that, if not well planned, the construction of these dams and other infrastructure development in the Andes headwaters could have ...

Anglers' delight as algal blooms breakthrough highlights innovative science

Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)

Trials carried out in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads National Park have shown that at controlled concentrations hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is deadly to Prymnesium...

Severity of North Pacific storms at highest point in over 1,200 years

Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)

The research, an analysis of sea salt sodium levels in mountain ice cores, finds that warming sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean have intens...

Outperforming nature's water filtration ability with nanotubes

Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)

A class of biological proteins, called aquaporins, is able to effectively filter water, yet scientists have not been able to manufacture scalable systems that m...

Navy testing wireless charging stations for undersea drones

Aug 28, 2017 (UPI)

Current UUVs used for reconnaissance, mine hunting, and other tasks need to be recharged manually at either port or ship. Underwater charging stations would all...

Oil and water can mix under the right conditions, scientists say

Aug 28, 2017 (UPI)

When oil and water are mixed under extreme pressure, oil molecules were absorbed into the solution. Researchers were able to mix water and methane inside small ...

Ecuador prison for Chinese fishers caught in Galapagos

Aug 28, 2017 (AFP)

The Chinese-flagged Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 was caught within the protected zone on August 13 with 300 tonnes of fish -- including some 6,000 sharks, mostly protect...

EPA plans ten hearings on water rule rewrite

Aug 25, 2017 (UPI)

The EPA announced today, in a notice to be published Monday in the Federal Register, that 10 teleconference meetings will be held to gather information on its p...

Global food markets further threaten endangered sharks, rays

Aug 25, 2017 (UPI)

Roughly half of the world's 1,200 species of sharks and manta rays are listed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature including 20 t...

Dora no Explorer: TV network axes Philippine resort plan after outcry

Aug 23, 2017 (AFP)

Nickelodeon said in January that it would build an "undersea attraction and resort" on Palawan island that would let fans "interact with the brand and the iconi...

Fish stress hormones linked to tendency to take the bait

Aug 22, 2017 (UPI)

The study, published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, could impact recreational fishing if anglers are mainly catching fish whose stress levels det...

Sediment research is a granular exercise at NRL

Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)

The rugged apparatus known as a "quadpod," was built to withstand being on the bottom of the ocean for weeks at a time, measuring waves, currents, and seafloor ...

Mexico City fishermen fight to save Aztec floating gardens

Aug 18, 2017 (AFP)

It comes back bearing a large haul of tilapia and carp -- and that is exactly the problem. Altamirano is one of just 20 or so fishermen who remain in the floati...

Meadow of dancing brittle stars shows evolution at work

Aug 17, 2017 (SPX)

A fossilised 'meadow' of dancing brittle stars - frozen in time in the very spot that they lived - was found in Western Australia and dates from 275 million yea...

Ancient ocean deoxygenation provides an urgent warning

Aug 17, 2017 (SPX)

In a study published in the journal Science Advances, Assistant Professor of Geology Jeremy Owens traces a 50,000-year period of ocean deoxygenation preceding a...

Scientists discover why bubbles zig-zag as they rise through water

Aug 17, 2017 (UPI)

Scientists have known of the phenomenon since the 1600s, when Leonard Da Vinci first documented bubbles' nonlinear tendencies. But for four-plus centuries, rese...