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Mussel beach: Belgium's recipe to fight erosion

Nov 28, 2023 (AFP)

The recipe no longer involves white wine broth and a bowl of salty fries, but an undersea reef barrier diverting currents from the sandy coastline. Six years ag...

Extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming: study

Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)

It comes as countries prepare to meet at the COP28 summit in Dubai beginning later this week, amid fears it could soon be impossible to limit long-term warming ...

Climate change gets in the way of French oyster culture

Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)

Starting next year, producers in Marennes Oleron, France's biggest oyster bay, will no longer be able to steep oysters in shallow clay beds in salt marshes, kno...

Benin struggles in battle to halt coastal erosion

Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)

The ocean is slowly winning the battle. "The sea is advancing a lot. We have to do dredging or else block it, otherwise it will keep advancing," Alapini said as...

Fiji PM says China may help develop ports

Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who has been cautious about China's expanding security footprint in the Pacific, praised Beijing's record of aid to Fiji in figh...

Sand mining in Vietnam's Mekong Delta sinks homes, livelihoods

Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)

Sand -- needed to produce concrete -- is the world's second most exploited natural resource after water, and its use has tripled in the last two decades, accord...

Maldives to battle rising seas by building fortress islands

Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)

Instead, President Mohamed Muizzu promises the low-lying nation will beat back the waves through ambitious land reclamation and building islands higher -- polic...

Fishing nations pledge shark, ray protection

Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)

At the conclusion of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) this week, countries agreed on "new measures for the protection...

AI finds formula on how to predict monster waves

Nov 21, 2023 (SPX)

Stories about monster waves, called rogue waves, have been the lore of sailors for centuries. But when a 26-metre-high rogue wave slammed into the Norwegian oil...

China Enhances Ocean Observation Capabilities with Launch of HY-3A Satellite

Nov 21, 2023 (SPX)

The HY-3A satellite was lofted into space atop a Long March 2C carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China at 11:55 am. Shortly a...

Uzbekistan to urge public to save water as crisis looms

Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)

Experts have said streamflows at its two main rivers, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, are set to drop by up to 15 percent by 2050. Over 90 percent of Uzbekistan's ...

'King of Lake Ohrid': the fight to save a Balkan trout

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

The hatchery specialises in breeding the "Ohrid Trout" -- an indigenous species in the ancient lake that has struggled for years to maintain a healthy populatio...

Jordan nixes power for water deal with Israel over Gaza war

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

"The energy for water deal was supposed to have been done last month, but we are not going to sign it," Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told Qatar-based news chan...

Over half of seabirds in UK and Ireland 'in decline': survey

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

The study, which also covered the Channel Islands off the coast of northern France, found that 11 out of 21 seabird species had seen a loss in numbers. In the o...

South Asia worst in world for water scarcity: UN

Nov 13, 2023 (AFP)

"A staggering 347 million children under 18 are exposed to high or extremely high water scarcity in South Asia, the highest number among all regions in the worl...

Endangered sea turtles get second life at Tunisian centre

Nov 13, 2023 (AFP)

For the last month, Rose has been recovering at the First Aid Sea Turtle Center in the coastal city of Sfax after she was ensnared in a fishing net. The facilit...

Scientists unveil significant increase in short-duration extreme precipitation over mountainous areas under global warming

Nov 10, 2023 (SPX)

In a world grappling with the consequences of global warming, the research team's investigation reveals a disconcerting reality: while total global precipitatio...

Australia offers Tuvalu citizens climate refuge

Nov 10, 2023 (AFP)

Prime ministers Kausea Natano and Anthony Albanese inked a treaty to help Tuvalu's 11,000 residents tackle climate change, and to take up sanctuary should the w...

Australia to offer Tuvalu citizens climate refuge

Nov 10, 2023 (AFP)

Unveiling a compact that includes freedom of movement and defence guarantees, prime ministers Anthony Albanese and Kausea Natano said the two nations would work...

Vienna fountain decried for 'ugliness', costs

Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)

The 1.8-million-euro ($1.9-million) fountain was commissioned by the city's left-wing government led by Social Democrat Mayor Michael Ludwig and inaugurated wit...