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Why would the US defend the Philippines?
Apr 12, 2024 (AFP)
A key concern has been the South China Sea, where repeated confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels near disputed reefs have raised fears of a wide...
Salmon fishing off California's coast banned for second year in a row
Apr 12, 2024 (AFP)
The heavy blow for the state's salmon sector -- which one industry group says supports 23,000 jobs -- comes as salmon have struggled to successfully reproduce i...
Scientists at Spain meeting sound alarm over ocean warming
Apr 12, 2024 (AFP)
"The changes are happening so fast that we are not able to keep pace with the impact," the executive secretary of UNESCO's intergovernmental oceanographic commi...
SSTL to lead AquaWatch-AUK under UK-Australia space collaboration
Apr 12, 2024 (SPX)
AquaWatch-AUK consists of a set of activities designed to enhance water quality monitoring and facilitate better management of vital water resources. This initi...
NASA's New Satellite Unveils First Data on Ocean Health and Climate Change
Apr 12, 2024 (SPX)
PACE's capabilities include examining microscopic ocean life and airborne particles, enhancing our understanding of fisheries health, algal blooms, air pollutio...
Tandem heatwaves, storm surges increasingly batter coasts: study
Apr 11, 2024 (AFP)
Extreme heat and sea levels are typically monitored and studied individually but researchers from Hong Kong Polytechnic University found they were occurring sim...
Advancements in Global Seafloor Mapping Highlighted at UN Ocean Conference
Apr 11, 2024 (SPX)
Bathymetry, the science of measuring the depth of water bodies, plays a crucial role in creating accurate nautical charts. This discipline is not only vital for...
Fewer showers, less laundry, as water cuts hit Bogota
Apr 11, 2024 (AFP)
Bogota has become the latest major city around the world to face a water crisis in recent years due to intense dry spells and President Gustavo Petro vowed Thur...
EU to make pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries pay for treating water
Apr 10, 2024 (AFP)
With a vote of 481 in favour and 79 against, with 26 abstentions, Europe's parliament rubber-stamped an accord it reached late January with member states. The t...
UN calls for more investment to protect oceans
Apr 10, 2024 (AFP)
"We have key objectives to achieve. Much has been done for the oceans, but much remains to be done and can be done." Audrey Azoulay, director general of the Uni...
Bogota restricts water as reservoirs hit 'critical' lows
Apr 08, 2024 (AFP)
Mayor Carlos Fernando Galan told a press conference that two key reservoirs supplying the city were at their lowest level since the mid-1980s due to a lack of r...
Greece to launch new marine parks at global oceans meet
Apr 08, 2024 (AFP)
Delegates at the April 15-17 Our Ocean Conference include 12 heads of state, around fifty ministers and officials, and representatives from 120 nations and enti...
Jellyfish invade Venezuelan waters, worrying fishermen
Apr 08, 2024 (AFP)
"It is like there are flowers in the sea. This has never happened before," said Elvis Morillo, 59, a fisherman in the northern village of Chuao, where verdant m...
Water level in Russia's Orsk 'critical' as Kremlin warns of more floods
Apr 07, 2024 (AFP)
Russia has introduced a "federal emergency" situation in the southern Orenburg region, where the Ural river has flooded Orsk and now threatens the main city of ...
Parent company of UK's biggest water supplier defaults on debt
Apr 06, 2024 (AFP)
The default comes after Thames Water on March 28 said it had failed to raise a major cash injection from shareholders, blaming industry regulations that made it...
Russia evacuates almost 4,500 people after dam burst
Apr 06, 2024 (AFP)
Emergency services worked through the night after a dam burst in the city of Orsk, near the border with Kazakhstan, on Friday. The press service of the Orenburg...
Ocean depths harbor millions of tonnes of plastic pollution
Apr 05, 2024 (SPX)
As plastic consumption is projected to double by 2040, the findings underscore the urgency of understanding plastic's journey to safeguard marine life and ecosy...
New Zealand eyes NATO deal amid security rethink
Apr 05, 2024 (AFP)
Foreign minister Winston Peters said after a two-day visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels that a "partnership programme" with the alliance would be agreed "in...
Thousands of salmon escape truck crash into nearby river
Apr 05, 2024 (AFP)
A large tanker vehicle transporting the young salmon -- or smolts -- was travelling in a mountainous area of the northwestern state of Oregon last week when it ...
Nestle steps up monitoring of French mineral water
Apr 05, 2024 (AFP)
The move follows revelations earlier this week that France's food safety watchdog had recommended stricter monitoring of sites where Nestle extracts mineral wat...
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