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How Satellites Are Enhancing Lake Health Monitoring
Feb 18, 2025 (SPX)
This innovative technique estimates column-integrated algal biomass, addressing the shortcomings of conventional remote sensing methods, which typically focus o...
Cook Islands signs deal for closer ties with China; in talks on deep-sea mining access
Feb 16, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Mark Brown said he signed an "action plan for the comprehensive strategic partnership" with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in the northern city of Harb...
Cook Islands says in talks with China on deep-sea mining
Feb 14, 2025 (AFP)
The self-governing country of 17,000 people -- a former colony of close partner New Zealand -- has licensed three companies to explore the seabed for nodules ri...
Arid Athens turns to ancient aqueduct as climate crisis bites
Feb 13, 2025 (AFP)
The Greek capital, one of Europe's hottest and most densely populated cities, is going to great lengths -- and depths -- to battle soaring summer temperatures a...
WWF legal challenge against Norway deep-sea mining fails
Feb 13, 2025 (AFP)
The ruling will not have an immediate impact as Norway's minority government opted not to issue any mining licences this year, after making a deal with a small ...
French mineral water companies face new investigations
Feb 13, 2025 (AFP)
The source said the magistrate had gone against the recommendation of prosecutors in launching the new investigation into the companies. The inquiry follows for...
Seeking climate connections among the oceans' smallest organisms
Feb 12, 2025 (SPX)
Simultaneously, Babbin is pioneering a new approach to mapping low-oxygen zones in the ocean, known as oxygen minimum zones (OMZs). As global temperatures rise,...
Marine Prosperity Areas introduce a fresh approach to ocean conservation
Feb 12, 2025 (SPX)
Published on February 6 in Frontiers in Marine Science, the study presents MPpAs as a forward-thinking conservation model designed to integrate financial invest...
New Zealand rethinks opposition to deep-sea mining
Feb 11, 2025 (AFP)
Resources Minister Shane Jones said opposition to the fledgling industry was rooted in "shrill" environmental alarmism and "luxury beliefs" that ignored the nee...
Dam fine: beavers save Czech treasury $1 million
Feb 11, 2025 (AFP)
Among nature's great engineers, beavers and their inventions have long been championed by environmentalists for their ability to protect against flooding, impro...
Australia mulls 'retreat' from rising sea in Cocos Islands
Feb 10, 2025 (AFP)
Like many island nations, Cocos Islands -- a group of 27 small atolls that lie 2,936 kilometres (1,824 miles) west of Australia -- are increasingly threatened b...
Canada close to visiting forces deal with Philippines
Feb 09, 2025 (AFP)
Manila already has similar visiting forces agreements with the United States and Japan, and is also in talks with France and New Zealand in the face of China's ...
New Zealand voices 'concern' as Cook Islands seeks China deal
Feb 09, 2025 (AFP)
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will make a state visit next week to Beijing, where he is expected to sign a "joint action plan" for a "comprehensive str...
New Zealand says 'blindsided' by Cook Islands' China overture
Feb 07, 2025 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he had not been consulted on the moves by the Cook Islands, a small, self-governing Pacific nation that has a "free associa...
Cook Islands to seal partnership with China as NZ bristles
Feb 06, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Mark Brown will lead a delegation to China on a five-day visit during which the two sides will seal a Joint Action Plan for Comprehensive Strateg...
New Zealand chides Cook Islands for 'lack of transparency'
Feb 05, 2025 (AFP)
Wellington raised its concerns ahead of a reported state visit to China by the prime minister of the self-governing South Pacific nation, which has a population...
Can ocean-floor mining oversights help us regulate space debris and mining on the Moon?
Feb 04, 2025 (SPX)
These precedents might shape the how and why of mining the Moon and shape the future and the sustainability of space activities of human beings. But this is onl...
Trump-ordered water release wasted billions of gallons: experts
Feb 04, 2025 (AFP)
The US president told military engineers to open two dams in the state's central valley, claiming it would help put out blazes that have ravaged the city and wo...
Study highlights later-stage infusion of water on Earth
Feb 04, 2025 (SPX)
In findings detailed in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, the investigators propose that water emerged primarily during Earth's later developmental p...
How atmospheric winds influence ocean weather patterns
Feb 03, 2025 (SPX)
Scientists had long believed that wind primarily acted to dampen ocean eddies, slowing their rotation. However, a new study published in *Nature Communications*...
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