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Austin becomes first US defence chief to visit Fiji
Nov 22, 2024 (AFP)
Austin received a ceremonial welcome after arriving in the city of Nadi on Fiji's main island, and said the trip would focus on ways to "strengthen regional pea...
ICTA-UAB expedition reveals the impact of Atlantic waters on Arctic ecosystems
Nov 21, 2024 (SPX)
The research focused on understanding how marine biodiversity is affected by this phenomenon, with a particular emphasis on calcifying planktonic organisms, whi...
NASA prepares tiny robotic swimmers for deep space ocean exploration
Nov 21, 2024 (SPX)
NASA's Europa Clipper mission, set to arrive at Jupiter's moon Europa in 2030, aims to scan the moon's icy surface and subsurface ocean for clues about its habi...
Study sees 'resurgence' of China aid to the Pacific
Nov 20, 2024 (AFP)
Over the past decade, China has lavished billions of dollars on Pacific island nations, part of ongoing efforts to build influence in competition with the Unite...
How the Mediterranean lost 70% of its water during a prehistoric crisis
Nov 20, 2024 (SPX)
For years, the mechanism behind the rapid accumulation of approximately a million cubic kilometers of salt within the basin remained a mystery. Now, new researc...
Parts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record
Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)
The Australian Institute of Marine Science said surveys of 12 reefs found up to 72 percent coral mortality, thanks to a summer of mass bleaching, two cyclones, ...
NASA data aids global efforts in combating sea level rise
Nov 18, 2024 (SPX)
NASA's comprehensive sea level data can now be accessed through the Earth Information Center's sea level section. This global sea level change website, develope...
Floods hit northern Philippines after typhoon forces dam release
Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)
Packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 185 kilometres (115 miles) an hour, Man-yi slammed into Catanduanes island late Saturday, and the main island of Luzon ...
Taps run dry in sprawling suburb of Mauritania's capital
Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)
Created around 15 years ago to tackle uncontrolled building in Nouakchott, the Tarhil district is one of many areas in the vast desert state in northwest Africa...
NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels
Nov 16, 2024 (SPX)
From 2015 through 2023, satellite measurements showed that the average amount of freshwater stored on land - that includes liquid surface water like lakes and r...
In Colombia, a river's 'rights' swept away by mining and conflict
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
The landmark decision, which came the same year the government inked an historic peace deal with the FARC guerrillas who controlled much of Choco, compelled the...
China launches satellite for ocean salinity detection
Nov 14, 2024 (SPX)
The satellite was successfully sent into orbit at 6:42 am Beijing Time, carried by a Long March-4B Y53 rocket. This satellite aims to close the gap in China's h...
World's largest coral found near Solomon Islands; as Nearly half of tropical coral species face extinction
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
The coral is so immense that researchers sailing the crystal waters of the Solomon archipelago initially thought they had stumbled across a hulking shipwreck. "...
BHP, Vale cleared by Brazil court over 2015 dam disaster
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
The dam's rupture on November 5, 2015 near the town of Mariana unleashed a giant torrent of toxic mud that swamped villages, rivers and rainforest, killing 19 p...
Drinking water outage hits half of France's Mayotte
Nov 12, 2024 (AFP)
The "event of electrical origin" at the Ouroveni plant overnight from Monday to Tuesday "is leading to water cuts mostly located in the centre and south" of May...
Will living by the sea remain viable?
Nov 12, 2024 (SPX)
Katrin Schroeder, the lead author of the Ocean and Climate chapter of NFVI, emphasized that the transformation in coastal and oceanic environments is occurring ...
US hopes river pact with Mexico will reduce water scarcity
Nov 09, 2024 (AFP)
The accord -- the result of more than 18 months of negotiations -- comes amid growing water scarcity on both sides of the Rio Grande river, which forms part of ...
Curtin and NASA unlock ocean secrets from space
Nov 05, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers recently deployed a 15-metre-tall buoy off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, as part of a new project to ensure the data quality for NASA's new...
New UMass model sheds light on carbon emissions from inland US waters
Nov 05, 2024 (SPX)
Carbon dioxide in inland waters, including rivers, lakes, and streams, primarily forms as organic matter decomposes. When the concentration of CO2 is higher in ...
Pentagon announces new director of Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Nov 04, 2024 (UPI)
Maj. Gen. Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum will become director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, starting in early 2025. DKI APCSS is ...
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