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French villages run dry as water warnings rise
Apr 14, 2023 (AFP)
Around 3,000 people are affected in the villages of Bouleternere, Corbere, Corbere-les-Cabanes and Saint-Michel-de-Llotes in the foothills of the Pyrenees outsi...
Weather scientists say conditions 'favorable' for return of El Nino
Apr 13, 2023 (UPI)
The administration's Climate Prediction Center issued a warning for the climate pattern officially known as the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. "The most recent [...
Critical observations of sinking coasts
Apr 13, 2023 (SPX)
"It's like a carpet over the desert," Shirzaei, associate professor of radar remote sensing engineering and environmental security, said of a recent projection ...
Bold Chinese vessels frustrate Taiwan's fishing communities
Apr 11, 2023 (AFP)
Fish stocks around Taiwan's tiny Matsu archipelago, a chain of rocky islands near the Chinese mainland, are crucial for the livelihoods of residents but the int...
Smelly seaweed bloom heads to Florida
Apr 11, 2023 (ESA)
Sargassum is a leafy, rootless and buoyant algae that rafts up into large floating mats on the ocean surface. It can be found in the Sargasso Sea and was first ...
US mulling forced cuts of Colorado River use as water dwindles
Apr 11, 2023 (AFP)
Almost a quarter of a century of drought worsened by human-caused climate change, coupled with entrenched overuse, has left the once-mighty river severely deple...
U.S. Southeast, Gulf coasts experiencing record-breaking sea-level rise
Apr 10, 2023 (UPI)
Researchers at New Orleans' Tulane University warn that the annual sea rise of half an inch detected over the past 12 years was further proof of the "urgency of...
Civil engineers use public satellite images to study why the Jagersfontein dam failed
Apr 10, 2023 (SPX)
Tailings are the finely ground leftovers that remain after valuable metals are removed from rock ore. Tailings are generally transported jointly with water and ...
Scientists use NASA satellite data to determine Belize coral reef risk
Apr 10, 2023 (JPL)
The 185-mile-long (298-kilometer-long) barrier reef system off the coast of Belize encompasses vibrant marine environments that support thousands of animal and ...
French govt says 'no health risk' from pesticide in water
Apr 07, 2023 (AFP)
The ANSES watchdog on Thursday published the findings of research into the presence of around 200 complex chemical compounds in drinking water around the countr...
Honduras shrimp industry worried by diplomatic break with Taiwan
Apr 07, 2023 (AFP)
"We don't want them to stop business with Taiwan," Lorena de Jesus Zelaya, 51, who works in a shrimp packing plant, said to AFP. Along with another 800 women, s...
UK govt unveils new water plan after sewage discharges outcry
Apr 04, 2023 (AFP)
The "Plan for Water" follows months of criticism over the release of untreated wastewater into Britain's waterways, which last summer sparked the closure of som...
Snailfish sets Guinness World Record for deepest observed and caught fish
Apr 04, 2023 (UPI)
Researchers, from the University of Western Australia and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, observed a Pseudoliparis, or snailfish, at a depth ...
Tackling overfishing from Senegal's skies
Apr 04, 2023 (AFP)
The West African country's waters are some of the richest in the world, teeming with tuna, sardines, shrimp, lobster and octopus -- and fishing is critical to t...
Runoff: not as you might think
Apr 04, 2023 (ESA)
Runoff occurs when there is precipitation, but the soil is saturated and has lost its capacity to soak up any more water. The water is then forced to flow over ...
Fire breaks out at Chinese dam construction camp in Pakistan
Apr 04, 2023 (AFP)
Since 2015, Beijing has poured billions of dollars into Pakistan under an investment scheme known as the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Private firms ...
NGOs slam missed chance to prevent seabed mining
Apr 01, 2023 (AFP)
As two weeks of negotiations concluded Friday over possible environmental rules restricting large-scale mining of the seabed, NGOs voiced fear that industry may...
NGOs fear seabed mining could get green light in 2023
Mar 31, 2023 (AFP)
Several nations have called for a moratorium on such mining at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) council meeting, which concludes on Friday. "The politic...
Melting Antarctic could impact oceans 'for centuries'
Mar 30, 2023 (AFP)
New modelling points to faster Antarctic ice melts driving a "substantial slowdown" of water circulation in the ocean depths if global carbon emissions remain h...
Chinese scientists solve mystery of cubic ice
Mar 30, 2023 (SPX)
Ice is a common substance that exists in a variety of forms, depending on the conditions under which it forms. The most common form of ice, known as ice Ih, has...
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