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A quarter of freshwater species face extinction: study
Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)
Freshwater -- including rivers, aquifers, lakes and wetlands -- covers less than one percent of Earth's surface but hosts more than 10 percent of known species,...
Kazakhstan says deal with Uzbekistan will improve water sharing
Jan 07, 2025 (AFP)
The two neighbours lie in Central Asia, a region that the UN says is more affected by climate change than the global average, and where water shortages are a re...
An abundant phytoplankton feeds a global network of marine microbes
Jan 06, 2025 (SPX)
Now, MIT scientists have discovered a new ocean-regulating ability in the small but mighty microbes: cross-feeding of DNA building blocks. In a study appearing ...
Vanuatu gears up for snap general election next week
Jan 06, 2025 (AFP)
The nationwide poll was pushed back after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake on December 17 toppled buildings in capital Port Vila and killed at least 14 people. The Va...
India to monitor China's mega Tibet dam plan
Jan 03, 2025 (AFP)
If built, the dam would dwarf the record-breaking Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China -- with potentially serious impact for millions of peop...
Iran protests Afghan dam project in new water dispute
Jan 03, 2025 (AFP)
Water rights have long been a source of friction in ties between the two countries, which share a more than 900-kilometre (560-mile) border. Esmaeil Baqaei, spo...
Afghanistan warns Iran after dam project criticism
Jan 03, 2025 (AFP)
Three dead as massive waves slam Peru, Ecuador and Chile
Dec 30, 2024 (AFP)
Ecuador's secretary for risk management, Jorge Carillo, told a media conference that an "extreme event" was occurring and warned that similar phenomena could be...
One dead in Ecuador, Peru ports closed amid massive waves
Dec 29, 2024 (AFP)
Jetties and public squares were submerged in some parts of Peru, sending residents fleeing to higher ground, according to images on local media. The waves, acco...
Key public service makes quiet return in Gaza
Dec 26, 2024 (AFP)
The process of restarting the plant in Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza, involved both Israeli and Palestinian stakeholders who could have a hand in the territory...
Saving the mysterious African manatee at Cameroon hotspot
Dec 24, 2024 (AFP)
African manatees are found in fresh water along the coast of western Africa, such as in Cameroon's vast Lake Ossa where the researcher first saw them more than ...
Australia agrees deal to strengthen Solomons police
Dec 20, 2024 (AFP)
But in a sign of the competition it faces from Beijing, the Solomons police announced the same day it had received a modest donation from China for its police s...
Australia agrees deal to strengthen Solomons police
Dec 20, 2024 (AFP)
But in a sign of the competition it faces from Beijing, the Solomons police announced the same day it had received a modest donation from China for its police s...
UK's biggest water supplier wins lifeline as customer bills hiked
Dec 19, 2024 (AFP)
Water regulator Ofwat said Thames Water, which supplies around 16 million homes and businesses in London and elsewhere in southern England, could increase avera...
The future of UK's indebted water supplier hangs in the balance
Dec 19, 2024 (AFP)
The company -- mired by financial troubles -- warned this week that it would run out of cash by the end of March without new financing. It has proposed a 59 per...
Researchers propose carbon capture in fish farms as a climate solution
Dec 18, 2024 (SPX)
Lead researcher Mojtaba Fakhraee, an assistant professor of Earth sciences at the University of Connecticut (starting August 2025), explained that traditional e...
Cutting edge satellite monitors water levels in Ohio River Basin
Dec 18, 2024 (SPX)
Since its launch in early 2023, the SWOT satellite has been revolutionizing the measurement of Earth's surface water, recording both the vertical height and hor...
New study highlights critical decline in shark and ray populations since 1970
Dec 16, 2024 (SPX)
Chondrichthyans, a diverse group of over 1,199 species, are increasingly endangered by overfishing, bycatch, habitat loss, climate change, and pollution. The RL...
US starts relocating Marines from Okinawa; US navy to make port call in Cambodia
Dec 14, 2024 (AFP)
In 2012, the United States said it would redeploy 9,000 Marines from the island where communities complain bases are an unfair burden -- with objections ranging...
Kyrgyzstan warns power supply at risk as demand hits record
Dec 13, 2024 (AFP)
The energy ministry warned that unless people reduced electricity use there would be power supply "interruptions", without elaborating, and that hydropower prod...
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