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Australia tackles poor Great Barrier Reef water quality
Aug 23, 2024 (AFP)
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek unveiled a US$130 million bid to reduce nutrient and pesticide runoff, improve invasive species management, and support bet...
Giant underwater avalanche revealed to have spanned over 2000km across Atlantic
Aug 22, 2024 (SPX)
Published in the journal *Science Advances*-where it also features on the front cover-the study offers unparalleled insights into underwater avalanches, a natur...
Brice Grunert: The Great Campaign of the Great Lakes
Aug 22, 2024 (SPX)
Q: Where did you go for your field campaign? Why did you choose that location? We're focusing on the western and central portions of Lake Erie and Lake Superior...
Study suggests extreme sea-level rise prediction is unlikely
Aug 22, 2024 (SPX)
The study questions a recent scenario presented in the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment report. This scenario p...
Forestry group accused of destroying endangered Finnish mussels
Aug 21, 2024 (AFP)
Police said they are investigating the incident in which Stora Enso's logging machines crossed a protected stream in the eastern Finnish town of Suomussalmi, re...
Planets hold more water in their interiors than previously believed
Aug 21, 2024 (SPX)
Exoplanets, especially those close to their stars, are typically hot with surfaces dominated by molten magma rather than solid rock. In these conditions, water ...
Cleanup hopes for neighbors of Mexico's 'toilet bowl' wastewater dam
Aug 21, 2024 (AFP)
The 43-year-old lives next to the Endho dam, sometimes described as Mexico's "toilet bowl" for receiving the wastewater of around 22 million people in the capit...
China's Xi promises stronger Fiji ties in world of 'turmoil'
Aug 20, 2024 (AFP)
China has stepped up its courtship of South Pacific nations in recent years, triggering concern among Western powers -- particularly the United States and Austr...
How a waterspout may have sunk a UK tech tycoon's yacht
Aug 20, 2024 (AFP)
The 56-metre (183-foot) "Bayesian", being used by Mike Lynch and his wealthy guests to celebrate a court victory, disappeared into the sea within minutes of bei...
Gaza engineer harnesses sunlight to make saltwater drinkable
Aug 20, 2024 (AFP)
Using wood from the few pallets of aid that make it into Gaza, and window panes salvaged from buildings that have largely been abandoned in 10 months of war, th...
Mediterranean Sea broke daily temperature record Thursday
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
"The maximum sea surface temperature record was broken in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday... with a daily median of 28.90C," Spain's leading institute of marine...
German town tells locals to boil water in fresh sabotage scare
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
Officials in the western town of Mechernich said a hole was discovered Thursday afternoon in a fence on the grounds of a water storage site that supplies Mecher...
Kiribati poll results show pro-China leader retains parliamentary seat
Aug 15, 2024 (AFP)
Results posted by the Pacific nation's Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs showed Taneti Maamau won his Onotoa seat with almost 83 percent of the vote. It ...
New Zealand PM wants defence shakeup, focus on 'traditional' allies
Aug 15, 2024 (AFP)
In his first major foreign policy speech since taking office last year, premier Christopher Luxon said the country could no longer depend on the "splendid isola...
Palau president accuses China of 'weaponising tourism'
Aug 15, 2024 (AFP)
Palau is one of just 12 states worldwide that diplomatically recognise self-ruled Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory. Solomon Islands, Kiribati...
Kiribati votes in test for pro-China government
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
Across more than a dozen islands and atolls hugging the international dateline, voters will select a batch of lawmakers to represent their 130,000-strong nation...
Sea Lions Equipped with Cameras Help Uncover Uncharted Ocean Habitats
Aug 14, 2024 (SPX)
To address these obstacles, Australian researchers have turned to endangered Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) to carry cameras. The videos recorded by th...
S.Africa police arrest man with 27 bags of poached abalone
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
The motorist, a South African man, had 27 black plastic bags containing more than 13,000 of the molluscs, the ministry said. The bags, weighing 640 kilos (more ...
Mediterranean Sea temperatures match 2023 records
Aug 13, 2024 (AFP)
On August 11, the daily median surface temperature of the Mediterranean reached 28.67C, said Justino Martinez, researcher at the Institut de Ciencies del Mar in...
Kiribati heads to polls in test for pro-China government
Aug 13, 2024 (AFP)
Across more than a dozen islands and atolls hugging the international dateline, voters will select a batch of lawmakers to represent their 130,000-strong nation...
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