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Indonesia seeds clouds to stem rainfall after capital floods
Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)
The deluge that began on Monday hit Jakarta, home to around 11 million people, as well as the neighbouring satellite cities of Bogor, Bekasi and Tangerang. At l...
Ocean surges in Ghana displace 1,000
Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)
The community of Agavedzi, near the border with Togo, was the heaviest hit by the "tidal waves", as the ocean swells are locally referred to, with 51 houses and...
Thai court accepts invasive fish case against food giant
Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)
The alien species, native to west Africa, has been found in 19 provinces in Thailand, damaging ecosystems in rivers, swamps and canals, and last year the govern...
Swedish police open 'sabotage' probe over Gotland water supply damage
Mar 03, 2025 (AFP)
Several electricity and communications infrastructures have been damaged in the Baltic Sea in recent months, after Finland and Sweden, which border the Baltic, ...
Melting ice could slow vital Antarctic ocean current: study
Mar 03, 2025 (AFP)
Scientists used one of Australia's most powerful supercomputers to model how melting ice sheets might change the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which plays a ma...
Philippine ambassador to US 'confident' Trump-era ties will stay strong
Mar 03, 2025 (AFP)
China and the Philippines have been involved in increasingly tense confrontations over reefs and waters in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims in almost i...
Harnessing Fog for Water Supply in the World's Driest Regions
Mar 01, 2025 (SPX)
"This research represents a notable shift in the perception of fog water use-from a rural, rather small-scale solution to a practical water resource for cities,...
Climate crisis revives Soviet hydro plan in Central Asia
Feb 27, 2025 (AFP)
The Kambar-Ata-1 project on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan is a rare example of collaboration in the region that does not involve the two neighbouring superpower...
Cook Islands PM beats no-confidence vote, slams New Zealand
Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)
The parliament voted 13-to-9 against the motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Mark Brown's government, sparked by a partnership deal he signed with China. ...
Vanuatu climate minister frets over US climate reversal
Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)
The Pacific archipelago, home to around 320,000 people, has struggled with natural disasters and with creeping seas starting to eat away at its fertile coastal ...
Nauru sells citizenship to fund climate change mitigation
Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)
The low-lying island nation of around 13,000 residents is planning a mass inland relocation as creeping seas start to eat away at its fertile coastal fringe. It...
Underwater canyon study informs landslide risk evaluation
Feb 24, 2025 (SPX)
Funded by the BMBF, the MAWACAAP project seeks to identify factors influencing landslide frequency, magnitude and distribution in collaboration with GNS and NIW...
Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed minerals
Feb 22, 2025 (AFP)
A copy of the deal -- signed during a state visit to China that has been criticised by former colonial ruler New Zealand -- showed it covers working together in...
Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in scorching Pakistan city
Feb 21, 2025 (AFP)
Pakistan's sun-parched Jacobabad city in southern Sindh province sometimes surpasses 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in increasing heatwaves causing...
Hong Kong firm makes bid for Thames Water: report
Feb 21, 2025 (AFP)
CK Infrastructure, part of the CK Hutchison group, put forward the non-binding offer earlier this month, but expects the utility's bondholders to take significa...
INFLECION project to revolutionize maritime security
Feb 21, 2025 (SPX)
Given that nearly 90% of global trade moves via maritime routes, increasing congestion due to shifting trade dynamics, supply chain challenges, and geopolitical...
Australia, Papua New Guinea vow to strike defence treaty
Feb 20, 2025 (AFP)
The historically close Pacific nations said in a joint statement they were committed to negotiating the treaty to deepen integration of their forces and make it...
Maritime carbon tax 'matter of survival' for Pacific isles
Feb 19, 2025 (AFP)
An IMO working group in London this week discussed measures to reduce greenhouse gases emissions from shipping, including the possibility of creating a tax on c...
UK court backs loan for indebted Thames Water
Feb 18, 2025 (AFP)
The loan provides a short-term solution to keeping the company, faced with GBP16 billion-worth of debt, afloat while it finds the necessary funding to stave off...
Cook Islands PM defends China pact
Feb 18, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Mark Brown said the accord signed with Beijing offers his small Pacific nation opportunities in trade, infrastructure and the sustainable use of ...
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