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Mighty river, mighty filter
Jan 20, 2017 (SPX)
Huckleberry Finn wouldn't recognize today's lower Mississippi River. Massive walls separate the river from low-lying lands along the bank, an area called the fl...
Syria regime encircles rebel area supplying Damascus water
Jan 19, 2017 (AFP)
Syrian government forces encircled a key rebel area northwest of Damascus on Thursday that serves as the capital's main water supply, a monitoring group said. C...
U.S., Cuba sign maritime border treaty
Jan 19, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. government said it signed a treaty with Cuba to delineate borders in the Gulf of Mexico, a week after reaching an oil-spill agreement. The U.S. State D...
New plant opens in bid to head off Gaza water crisis
Jan 19, 2017 (AFP)
The largest desalination plant in the Gaza Strip partially opened Thursday with international help as the impoverished and blockaded Palestinian enclave seeks t...
Bay Area methane emissions may be double what we thought
Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)
Emissions of methane - a potent climate-warming gas - may be roughly twice as high as officially estimated for the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of the emissions...
Study shows signs of hope for endangered sea turtles
Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)
Bones from dead turtles washed up on Mexican beaches indicate that Baja California is critical to the survival of endangered North Pacific loggerhead sea turtle...
How China is poised for marine fisheries reform
Jan 17, 2017 (SPX)
As global fish stocks continue sinking to alarmingly low levels, a joint study by marine fisheries experts from within and outside of China concluded that the c...
The global chain that produces your fish
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
That smoked salmon you bought for the New Year's festivities has a story to tell. The salmon may have been raised in Scotland -- but it probably began life as r...
Affordable water in the US: A burgeoning crisis
Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)
If water rates continue rising at projected amounts, the number of U.S. households unable to afford water could triple in five years, to nearly 36 percent, find...
Sparton Corporation, Ultra Electronics to produce sonobuoys
Jan 13, 2017 (UPI)
Sparton Corporation and Ultra Electronics Holdings are to receive $30.3 million subcontracts for the manufacture of sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy. The subcontract...
Workers enter rebel area to restore Damascus water: state media
Jan 13, 2017 (AFP)
Syrian government workers entered a formerly rebel-held area near Damascus on Friday to begin restoring water to the capital after weeks of shortages, state med...
Profitable coral reef fisheries require light fishing
Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)
Fishing is fundamentally altering the food chain in coral reefs and putting dual pressures on the valuable top-level predatory fish, according to new research b...
California singing in the rain
Jan 13, 2017 (AFP)
A series of storms that have rolled across California in the past week dumping heavy rain and snow could herald the end of a punishing historic drought, officia...
Researchers publish first video of ruby seadragons in the wild
Jan 13, 2017 (UPI)
A research team led by scientists at the University of California San Diego have published the first live recording of ruby seadragons. Ruby seadragons are the ...
Study: U.S. water affordability crisis on the horizon
Jan 12, 2017 (UPI)
Water is relatively cheap when it comes to food and housing, which is why it is sometimes ignored in discussions about public assistance for necessities. But th...
Rapid Arctic warming has in the past shifted Southern Ocean winds
Jan 11, 2017 (SPX)
The global climate is a complex machine in which some pieces are separate, yet others are connected. Scientists try to discover the connections to predict what ...
Changing rainfall patterns linked to water security in India
Jan 11, 2017 (SPX)
Changing rainfall is the key factor driving changes in groundwater storage in India, according to a new study led by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ga...
Marine microbes recycle iron from the debris of dead algae
Jan 11, 2017 (SPX)
A new study from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, shows the molecular machinery that helps move iron through the marine environmen...
Are tiny grazers the new hope for Caribbean reefs
Jan 10, 2017 (SPX)
Thirty years ago a mysterious disease wiped out long-spined black sea urchins across the Caribbean, leading to massive algal overgrowth that smothered already o...
Hydropower in China impacts the flow of the Mekong River
Jan 10, 2017 (SPX)
A study led by researchers from Aalto University in Finland reveals that the hydropower projects in China have caused major river flow changes to the Mekong Riv...
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