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Ocean data revolutionized with AI-driven satellite fusion
Dec 13, 2024 (SPX)
Ocean color satellites, operational since the late 1990s, have transformed our understanding of the ocean's upper layers. They provide critical insights into pr...
NASA Missions offer integrated insights into ocean dynamics and ecosystems
Dec 13, 2024 (SPX)
Ocean processes such as swirling water masses (eddies) and vertical water movements shape nutrient distribution, directly influencing phytoplankton-the microsco...
Six rare giant catfish surface in Cambodia
Dec 13, 2024 (AFP)
Fishermen smiled alongside officials from Cambodia's Fisheries Administration (CFA) as they held up the two-metre-long creatures -- weighing up to 130 kilograms...
SWOT sharpens seafloor focus
Dec 13, 2024 (SPX)
At present, ship-mounted soundings have surveyed about 25% of the seafloor. For the other 75%, the only information comes, indirectly, from satellite altimeters...
Possible cooling La Nina will be 'weak', 'short-lived': UN
Dec 11, 2024 (AFP)
There is currently a 55-percent likelihood of La Nina conditions emerging by the end of February, the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization said in ...
'Forever chemicals' widespread in European waters: report
Dec 10, 2024 (AFP)
Presenting an overview of the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) -- often called forever chemicals -- the European Environment Agency (EEA) ...
Copenhagen takes on its biggest climate threat -- water
Dec 06, 2024 (AFP)
And Karens Minde park is one of the more than 300 projects underway to stop the city being submerged. A former marsh once shunned by people living nearby, it ha...
Billions could gain access to freshwater with new desalination technology
Dec 05, 2024 (SPX)
Currently, up to 36% of the global population faces severe freshwater shortages for at least four months annually, and this figure could climb to 75% by 2050. A...
Coral reefs face mounting threat from warming oceans
Dec 03, 2024 (SPX)
The research, spearheaded by Dr. Liam Lachs, highlights that while corals possess some ability to adapt to heat stress through natural selection, this capacity ...
Making water harvesting easier with low-energy solutions
Dec 03, 2024 (SPX)
Traditionally, desorption processes require heating to approximately 100C. The research team, led by Graduate School of Engineering student Daisuke Ikegawa, Ass...
Oceans cool the climate with sulfur emissions greater than expected
Dec 03, 2024 (SPX)
The research highlights the role of methanethiol, a sulfur gas recently identified as a key contributor to cooling through its impact on cloud formation. Methan...
Norway suspends deep-sea mining projects: govt allies
Dec 01, 2024 (AFP)
Norway, Western Europe's biggest oil and gas producer, had planned to become one of the world's first countries to start handing out rights to tens of thousands...
Blast at Kosovo canal feeding key power plants a 'terrorist attack': PM
Nov 30, 2024 (AFP)
"This is a criminal and terrorist attack aimed at damaging our critical infrastructure", Kurti told a press conference late Friday. "The attack was carried out ...
Norway faces WWF in court over deep sea mining
Nov 28, 2024 (AFP)
Already Western Europe's largest oil and gas producer, Norway could become one of the first countries to authorise seabed mining, arguing the importance of not ...
Future of deep-sea mining stands at a crucial juncture
Nov 27, 2024 (AFP)
"It feels like a real crunch point," Louisa Casson of Greenpeace International told AFP. "We are seeing surging momentum for a moratorium (on deep-sea mining). ...
Quantum physics reveals role in rising ocean temperatures
Nov 27, 2024 (SPX)
Emeritus Professor Geoff Smith of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has introduced a novel "quantum thermal physics paradigm" to address gaps in current...
To design better water filters, MIT engineers look to manta rays
Nov 26, 2024 (SPX)
The floor of the mobula ray's mouth is lined on either side with parallel, comb-like structures, called plates, that siphon water into the ray's gills. The MIT ...
Extreme weather threatens Canada's hydropower future
Nov 26, 2024 (AFP)
A world leader in hydroelectricity, Canada has also been forced to cut exports to the United States, which have reached their lowest levels in 14 years, accordi...
Climate-threatened nations stage protest at COP29 over contentious deal
Nov 23, 2024 (AFP)
Diplomats from small island nations threatened by rising seas and impoverished African states angrily filed out of a meeting with summit hosts Azerbaijan over a...
US moves to ramp up military engagements with Fiji
Nov 23, 2024 (AFP)
Austin is the first sitting US defence secretary to set foot in Fiji, a visit that caps a whirlwind Asia-Pacific tour through Australia, the Philippines and Lao...
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