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Bangladesh deploys warships to protect prized hilsa fish
Oct 05, 2025 (AFP)
The herring-like hilsa, Bangladesh's national fish and a much-loved delicacy in West Bengal in neighbouring India, return from the Bay of Bengal to rivers each ...
Ethiopia hits back at 'false' Egyptian claims over mega-dam
Oct 04, 2025 (AFP)
Addis Ababa inaugurated its Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa's largest hydroelectric project, in early September. Cairo has meanwhile spent more than a deca...
Papua New Guinea approves contentious defence treaty with Australia: PM
Oct 02, 2025 (AFP)
The deal will see the two nations commit to defending each other from armed attacks as they face "emerging threats" to their security. But it ran into controver...
Cracked coatings unlock new pathway for solar-powered clean water systems
Oct 01, 2025 (SPX)
A research team at Nanchang University has overcome these challenges with a bionic design inspired by crocodile skin cracks and leaf vein networks. Using a mult...
Crocodile skin inspires resilient solar desalination breakthrough
Oct 01, 2025 (SPX)
Researchers at Nanchang University have now broken this bottleneck with a bio-inspired approach. Drawing on the flexibility of crocodile skin and the vascular e...
Pacific islands youth group wins prize for climate legal action
Oct 01, 2025 (AFP)
The prize also honoured Sudan's humanitarian aid network Emergency Response Rooms, as well as a Burmese anti-corruption group and a Taiwanese champion of digita...
Satellite partnership advances AquaWatch water quality monitoring
Oct 01, 2025 (SPX)
The project integrates satellite-based Earth Observation (EO) data with in-situ measurements to create a scalable water monitoring system. Plans call for an Aus...
India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears
Sep 30, 2025 (AFP)
India says the proposed new structure could counteract rival China's building of a likely record-breaking dam upstream in Tibet by stockpiling water and guardin...
New U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Will Help Safeguard Ships at Sea
Sep 29, 2025 (JPL)
Because most global trade travels by ship, accurate, timely ocean forecasts are essential. These forecasts provide crucial information about storms, high winds,...
Sitting ducks: Venezuelan fishermen wary of US warships
Sep 26, 2025 (AFP)
Feeling exposed, they have started heading out in groups, limiting their range and traveling with emergency beacons issued by the government. "It's very upsetti...
Ancient iron spheres reveal ocean carbon shortage in early Earth
Sep 25, 2025 (SPX)
The research, led by Professor Jordon Hemingway, overturns long-standing assumptions about carbon storage during critical geobiological eras. Analysis revealed ...
Nickel mining threatens Indonesia coral haven, NGOs warn
Sep 25, 2025 (AFP)
Analysis of recent and historic mining in the region showed a "domino effect of destruction," ranging from deforestation on land to sediment run-off smothering ...
French consumer group seeks Perrier sales ban
Sep 24, 2025 (AFP)
UFC-Que Choisir, which lodged its request with a court in Nanterre near Paris, said the Nestle-owned Perrier brand should be banned temporarily from selling its...
17 killed in Taiwan after barrier lake bursts
Sep 24, 2025 (AFP)
The lake in eastern Hualien county -- formed by series of landslides that created a natural dam wall -- burst Tuesday, washing away a bridge and sweeping into a...
Con job? Climate change is my job, says island nation leader
Sep 24, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Terrance Drew, responding to Trump's blistering attack at the United Nations on the science of planet-warming fossil fuels, said: "Everyone has t...
Seychelles votes amid concerns over hotel near marine reserve
Sep 24, 2025 (AFP)
Voting in the Indian Ocean archipelago runs from Thursday to Saturday. Seychelles has the highest wealth per capita in Africa -- around $18,000 according to the...
Cities face risk of water shortages in coming decades: study
Sep 23, 2025 (AFP)
Scientists have established that climate change is making droughts longer, stronger and more frequent, but less well understood is when and where these extreme ...
China to donate over $400,000 in police gear to Vanuatu: minister
Sep 23, 2025 (AFP)
Internal Affairs Minister Andrew Solomon Napuat said Beijing will donate motorcycles, drones and other gear worth over $400,000 to his country's Police Force, t...
International treaty protecting world's oceans to take effect
Sep 19, 2025 (AFP)
The move by Morocco and Sierra Leone to join the UN treaty on the high seas clinched the threshold of at least 60 ratifications needed to enact it as internatio...
What is the high seas treaty?
Sep 19, 2025 (AFP)
The treaty, which UN members states adopted in June 2023, is set to take effect under international law in January 2026 after enough countries passed the bar fo...
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