WATER WORLD

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UK water sector faces massive upgrade costs
Apr 25, 2025 (AFP)
Water companies, privatised since 1989, have come under fire in Britain for allowing the discharge of large quantities of sewage into rivers and the sea. This h...
Sea surface heating rate accelerates beyond past estimates
Apr 23, 2025 (SPX)
Data spanning from 1985 to 1989 indicated an average increase of 0.06 degrees Celsius per decade. In contrast, between 2019 and 2023, the rate surged to 0.27 de...
India takes diplomatic measures against Pakistan after Kashmir attack
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
These measures include the suspension of a key water-sharing treaty, the shutting of the main land border crossing between the neighbours and a raft of diplomat...
Coral reefs pushed to brink as bleaching crisis worsens
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
Since it began in early 2023, the global coral bleaching event has mushroomed into the biggest and most intense on record, with reefs across the Pacific, Indian...
Uncovering energy inefficiencies in hydrogen production
Apr 22, 2025 (SPX)
Chemists observed that just before oxygen is released during the reaction, water molecules unexpectedly flip their orientation. This flipping step, the team dis...
Six drowning deaths as huge waves hit Australian coast
Apr 20, 2025 (AFP)
Emergency services winched two people from the surf at Wattamolla Beach, but one of them couldn't be revived, New South Wales Police said in a statement. The pa...
Trump allows commercial fishing in vast Pacific reserve
Apr 18, 2025 (AFP)
The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) was created in 2009 by then-president George W. Bush, and extended by his successor Barack Obama in...
Australian PM vows not to bow to Trump on national interest
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's 10 percent tariffs on close ally Australia have loomed large in the duel between 62-year-old Albanese and his hard-nosed conservativ...
US firm pushes for deep-sea mining off Pacific island
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
Impossible Metals said it had asked United States officials to "commence a leasing process" for a parcel of ocean surrounding far-flung US territory American Sa...
Deep-sea mining poses major threat to ecosystems and economies study warns
Apr 15, 2025 (SPX)
Published in PLOS One, the study forecasts that DSM operations could worsen environmental indicators by as much as 13 percent under projected scenarios. The res...
Hundred-year storm tides will occur every few decades in Bangladesh, scientists report
Apr 15, 2025 (SPX)
In a study appearing in One Earth, the scientists report that, for the highly populated coastal country of Bangladesh, what was once a 100-year event could now ...
Heavy methane leaks found in Swedish crater lake puzzle scientists
Apr 14, 2025 (SPX)
Lake Siljan lies within the 370-million-year-old Siljan Ring, an impact crater created by a meteorite strike in central Sweden. While local methane seepage has ...
Bogota ends one year of climate-induced water rationing
Apr 11, 2025 (AFP)
For 12 months, the capital's eight million residents have faced 24-hour water cuts every nine days, as the city tries to raise critically low reservoir levels. ...
Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs over water dispute
Apr 11, 2025 (AFP)
"Mexico has been stealing the water from Texas Farmers" and "last year the only Sugar Mill in Texas closed" for lack of water, Trump posted to his Truth Social ...
Companies keen to start deep-sea mining off Norway
Apr 10, 2025 (AFP)
The industry has already suffered a false start. Norway's parliament had voted massively in favour of deep-sea mining, experts had concludedlunar there were sig...
Trump signs order to 'make America's showers great again'
Apr 10, 2025 (AFP)
Trump has long complained about inadequate water pressure in American bathrooms which he blames on federal water-conservation regulations. "In my case I like to...
Key facts on deep-sea mining
Apr 10, 2025 (AFP)
It is not yet a commercial reality, but that could change in 2025. Here are some key things to know about deep-sea mining: - What resources lie on the ocean flo...
Virtual dive will take explorers deep into unexplored waters off Hawaii
Apr 10, 2025 (UPI)
"Most of the waters that will be explored during the expedition have never been visually surveyed before," a release Thursday from the National Oceanic and Atmo...
Canadians in Great Lakes city bristle at Trump water threats
Apr 09, 2025 (AFP)
Trump's trade war has raised fears of a Canadian recession and his repeated references to annexation have sparked outrage. But in Sarnia, Ontario, Trump's repor...
The Metals Company courts Trump for deep-sea mining contract
Apr 09, 2025 (AFP)
It wants to collect so-called polymetallic nodules -- mineral deposits made up of multiple metals -- on the Pacific Ocean floor. TMC originally planned to apply...
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