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WMO reports on 2023 water resources: Conditions either too dry or too wet

Oct 07, 2024 (SPX)

"The year 2023 was indeed much drier than we had expected," said Professor Robert Reinecke of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), who contributed to the ...

Salmon stocks in England hit record low

Oct 07, 2024 (AFP)

"Forty years ago an estimated 1.4 million salmon returned to UK rivers each year. We are now at barely a third of that -- a new low and evidence of the wider, g...

Drowned by hurricane, remote N.Carolina towns now struggle for water

Oct 06, 2024 (AFP)

But she and the other 100,000 residents of the US town of Asheville, North Carolina are without fresh drinking water, forced to rely on bottled water -- or in s...

New Zealand navy ship scuttled on Samoa reef

Oct 05, 2024 (AFP)

"The incident occurred on Saturday evening," the New Zealand military said. "The 75 left the ship in life rafts and sea boats after the ship grounded." The ship...

Ukraine warns of water shortages in east

Oct 04, 2024 (AFP)

Moscow has targeted Ukraine's utility system throughout the two-and-a-half year war, with concerns rising that the country could face its toughest winter yet. D...

Dust sparks rare massive phytoplankton bloom off Madagascar

Oct 03, 2024 (SPX)

Dust clouds, transported over vast distances, are known to deposit essential nutrients when they settle on land or in the ocean. These nutrients can stimulate p...

Water production from thin air observed in real-time

Oct 03, 2024 (SPX)

The team's work revealed that this process, which doesn't require extreme conditions, could have significant applications in generating water in arid environmen...

Mexico leader worried about drinking water after Hurricane John

Oct 03, 2024 (AFP)

"The most urgent needs are drinking water supplies and clearing the roads," Sheinbaum said on her first trip out of Mexico City, to Acapulco, which was hard hit...

Morocco mobile desalination units quench remote areas' thirst

Oct 03, 2024 (AFP)

Since 2023, Morocco has built some 44 of these desalination stations, also called "monobloc" -- compact, transportable units that have come as a boon against th...

Senegal looks to aquaculture as fish stocks dwindle

Oct 03, 2024 (AFP)

The farm's pioneering founder, Khadidiatou Sar Seck, began the project around 15 years ago in the West African country, where fishing is a key part of the natio...

Shrinking lake on Albanian-Greek border struggles to survive

Oct 02, 2024 (AFP)

The once crystal-clear lake has mostly been transformed into a marshy watering hole in this corner of southeastern Albania. "A few years ago, this was a lake wi...

Rate of ocean warming has nearly doubled since 2005: EU monitor

Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)

The findings by the Copernicus Marine Service underscore the consequences of a warming planet on oceans, which cover 70 percent of earth's surface and acts as a...

EU to bar large fishing boats from Bay of Biscay over dolphin risks

Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)

The closure aims to counter the stranding of dolphins and other small cetaceans that have regularly occurred along the coast in recent years after they are caug...

Longer satellite altimetry cycles could offer broader insights into inland waters

Sep 30, 2024 (SPX)

These findings were published on Aug. 27 in the 'Journal of Remote Sensing'. Satellite altimetry involves measuring the time it takes for a signal to return aft...

Study reveals complex tidal conditions for world's most powerful tidal turbine

Sep 30, 2024 (SPX)

To tackle this issue, a group of researchers used aerial drones and boat-based surveys to map the intricate tidal flows surrounding the world's most powerful ti...

Sunken ancient seafloor reveals insights into Earth's interior

Sep 30, 2024 (SPX)

The team, led by postdoctoral researcher Jingchuan Wang, used advanced seismic imaging techniques to analyze Earth's mantle, the layer between its crust and cor...

Progress on high seas treaty, but change still far off

Sep 28, 2024 (AFP)

The treaty, which took 15 years of tough negotiating to be approved, aims to protect vital marine ecosystems that are threatened by pollution. It requires 60 ra...

Stay or go? Pacific Islanders face climate's grim choice

Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)

"It's not a comfortable topic to talk about," the 22-year-old activist tells AFP, explaining the emotional toll this looming reality has on the wider community,...

Marshall Islands demands UN apology for nuclear tests

Sep 26, 2024 (AFP)

The United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958, and the health and environmental impacts are still felt today in the Pac...

Deep-sea study reveals iron limitations in ocean's twilight zone

Sep 26, 2024 (SPX)

"Understanding the organisms that facilitate carbon uptake in the ocean is important for understanding the impacts of climate change," explained Tim Conway, ass...