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NASA satellites help plan future for Palau fish stocks
Aug 03, 2021 (SPX)
This is not paradise. It's a typical Sunday for many people in Palau, an archipelago nation in Micronesia. "We would go to the Rock Islands, spend a couple of n...
Researchers surprised by Greenland shark found in Caribbean off Belize
Aug 02, 2021 (UPI)
The scientists wrote about the encounter of the Greenland shark, which can live up to 500 years, in the July edition of Marine Biology. "While the exact species...
In Spain, dozens of villages struggle for drinking water
Jul 30, 2021 (AFP)
In Lastras de Cuellar in the central Castilla y Leon region, nitrates and arsenic have made the water undrinkable for the village's residents, who number 350 in...
What happens to marine life when oxygen is scarce
Jul 28, 2021 (SPX)
This unique observation prompted a collaborative study explained in a new paper published in Nature Communications analyzing what this foggy water layer is caus...
U.S., Seychelles sign maritime protection agreement
Jul 28, 2021 (UPI)
The agreement, titled Countering Illicit Transnational Maritime Activity Operations and signed on Tuesday, is the first bilateral maritime pact between the Unit...
Blinken calls out 'problematic behavior' by China as U.S. opens embassy in Tonga
Jul 26, 2021 (UPI)
During the visit, Blinken highlighted "problematic behavior" by China, including unlawful maritime claims, the militarization of the South China Sea, as well as...
Macron backs heritage bid of remote Polynesian islands
Jul 26, 2021 (AFP)
Macron, the first head of state to visit the remote archipelago in French Polynesia, was greeted by a traditional ceremony of 600 dancers and musicians from its...
Great Barrier Reef avoids UNESCO 'in danger' listing
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
After a concerted lobbying effort by Canberra, members of the World Heritage Committee -- including leading fossil fuel producers Russia and Saudi Arabia -- vot...
UN tells Iran to fix water crisis, stop crackdown
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
Bachelet warned that the "catastrophic" situation had been building up for many years and that "shooting and arresting people will simply add to the anger and d...
Iran water protests face crackdown; Lebanon's water supply could collapse in a month
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
Amnesty International said it had confirmed the deaths of at least eight protesters and bystanders, including a teenage boy, as the authorities resorted to live...
Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status at risk
Jul 22, 2021 (AFP)
Along with six other sites globally that are grappling with issues like ecological damage, overdevelopment, overtourism or security concerns, the reef's fate is...
Satellite images show dramatic water level change at Lake Mead
Jul 21, 2021 (UPI)
The photos show just how much water the Nevada lake has lost through repeated drought cycles from 2000 until July 3, 2022. According to NASA, Lake Mead reaches ...
Police officer killed in Iran province hit by water protests
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
The officer was shot dead in the port city of Mahshahr in Khuzestan province, the official IRNA news agency said. Khuzestan is Iran's main oil-producing region ...
Indian Ocean ballet: S.Africa's breathtaking 'sardine run'
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
In the crisp air of winter, South Africa's east coast is home to a spectacular annual migration of millions of sardines. The "sardine run" lasts several months,...
Ocean microbes team up brilliantly to gather food when it's scarce
Jul 20, 2021 (SPX)
One ingenious solution to this challenge is reported this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In low-nutrient environments, marine microbes...
Chinese army warns dam battered by storms could collapse
Jul 20, 2021 (AFP)
Weather authorities have issued the highest warning level for central Henan province as downpours caused widespread disruption and the evacuation of residents o...
Ethiopia hits second-year target for filling Nile mega-dam
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
"The first filling already was done last year. The second one is already done today. So today or tomorrow, second filling will be announced," an official told A...
Barrier Reef outlook poor despite coral 'recovery': scientists
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
The United Nations cultural agency recommended last month that the world's largest reef system be placed on its endangered list because of damage to the corals ...
Climate change threatens three key stony corals, Atlantic reef ecosystems
Jul 19, 2021 (UPI)
Oceanography researchers from the University of San Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil said in the report, published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, ...
China denies politics behind UNESCO move on Barrier Reef
Jul 18, 2021 (AFP)
Deputy education minister Tian Xuejun is chairing this year's meeting of the UN cultural agency's heritage committee, which comes after years of worsening relat...
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