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Kiribati's pro-China government faces election test
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
The vote on Wednesday in tiny Kiribati -- a country of scattered atolls and islands -- has the potential to stir ripples across the South Pacific. Kiribati has ...
In Iraq's summer, residents of Kurdistan's Arbil ache for water
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
"There is nothing worse than not having water," said Babir, who gave only his first name, in his modest house in Arbil's Darto suburb. As in several other dense...
In drought-hit Sicily, rainwater is dumped in the sea
Aug 10, 2024 (AFP)
The Trinita dam, built in 1959 in the town of Castelvetrano in the west of the Mediterranean island, has not been tested and therefore has never been officially...
China says Fiji PM to visit next week
Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)
Rabuka will visit from August 12 to 21, a foreign ministry spokesperson said in a statement. "During the visit, leaders of the two countries will have in-depth ...
Central Asia leaders call for joint policy on water issues
Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)
Interruptions to water supplies are a regular occurrence in the five ex-Soviet Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Tur...
Study shows Great Barrier Reef at risk from record-breaking ocean heat
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
'Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger', published in Nature (8 August), led by University of Wollongong (UOW) Honorary Fello...
Corals Enhance Accuracy in Climate Research
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
Coral skeletons, composed of calcium carbonate, selectively incorporate different oxygen isotopes, some lighter and some heavier. Typically, at lower water temp...
Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: study
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
Ocean temperatures around the spectacular coral system have increased yearly since 1960 but were particularly hotter during recent mass coral bleaching events, ...
'Miseries of the Balkhash': Fears for Kazakhstan's magical lake
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
But pollution, climate change and its overuse are threatening the existence of one of the most unique stretches of water in the world. One side of the Balkhash ...
Study: Highest ocean temperatures in 400 years threaten Great Barrier Reef
Aug 07, 2024 (UPI)
Ocean heat in the Coral Sea is facing back-to-back record temperature highs. Five of the six hottest years on record have come in the past 10 years where the he...
Australia urges China to be 'more transparent' with Pacific aid
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
Australia's Pacific minister Pat Conroy said new economic opportunities for Pacific Island nations should not be "accompanied by coercion and interference". "We...
NASA and USGS find a new way to measure river flows
Aug 06, 2024 (SPX)
NASA and USGS scientists have teamed up to create an instrument package - about the size of a gallon of milk - called the River Observing System (RiOS). It feat...
UK water firms face big fines over sewage: regulator
Aug 06, 2024 (AFP)
Ofwat said Thames Water, Britain's biggest supplier and which is struggling to stay afloat financially, could be fined the largest amount at GBP 104 million. Th...
Cambodia PM launches project linking Mekong river to sea via canal
Aug 05, 2024 (AFP)
At a launch event in Prek Takeo, southeast of the capital Phnom Penh, Manet called the 180-kilometre (110-mile) project "historic", as drums sounded and firewor...
How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise
Aug 05, 2024 (SPX)
Despite feeling like a stationary mass, most solid ground is undergoing a process of deformation, sinking and rising in response to many environmental factors. ...
Sicilians protest against water shortages; As beachgoers struck by lightning
Aug 02, 2024 (AFP)
People in the city of Agrigento in Sicily demonstrated to draw the attention of local authorities, holding a banner reading "we want water", and shouting "shame...
Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania's Danube Delta
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
After a dyke burst last summer near his village of Mahmudia, swathes of the delta once drained for farmland were submerged again, creating the region's second-l...
Zambia to import electricity as drought slashes hydropower
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
The state-owned power company ZESCO will procure 218 megawatts of power from South Africa's Eskom and the Zimbabwe Power Company, Energy Minister Makozo Chikote...
Oxygen-depleted 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico larger than expected this year
Aug 01, 2024 (UPI)
The zone is an area of low to no oxygen in the water, and it can kill fish and other marine life. "It's critical that we measure this region's hypoxia as an ind...
Rainfall Becoming Increasingly Unpredictable Over the Last Century Due to Human Impact
Jul 29, 2024 (SPX)
A new study provides the first systematic observational evidence that human-induced climate change is significantly increasing rainfall volatility worldwide. Pu...
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