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Liquid Metal Tin Powers Sustainable Water Desalination
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 13, 2025 Water scarcity remains a critical global issue, impacting over two billion people worldwide. As climate change and population growth exacerbate this crisis, researchers are increasingly focused on seawater desalination as a vital solution to meet growing freshwater demand. However, conventional desalination processes generate approximately 141.5 million cubic meters of brine waste daily, presenting significant environmental challenges due to its high concentration of metallic elements and the energy-int ... read more |
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Only a Tiny Fraction of Deep Seafloor Mapped Over Seven DecadesLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 12, 2025 In a significant new study published in Science Advances, researchers from the Ocean Discovery League have revealed that less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed in over 70 y ... more 
The West's spring runoff is older than you thinkSalt Lake City UT (SPX) May 06, 2025 Growing communities and extensive agriculture throughout the Western United States rely on meltwater that spills out of snow-capped mountains every spring. The models for predicting the amount of th ... more 
Spongy Device Draws Water from Air Using Sunlight for Efficient HarvestingSydney, Australia (SPX) May 12, 2025 Researchers from Australia and China have developed a sponge-like device capable of extracting water from thin air, leveraging solar energy to release the collected moisture. This breakthrough addre ... more 
Nigeria fishing river reels from changing climateArgungu, Nigeria (AFP) May 8, 2025 People along the Matan Fada in northwest Nigeria remember the river's abundance as being typified by fish literally falling from the trees, but those days are gone. ... more |
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New Zealand, Phillippines sign troops deal in 'deteriorating' strategic environmentManila (AFP) April 30, 2025 The Philippines and New Zealand signed an agreement on Wednesday allowing the deployment of troops on each other's territory, a move aimed at bolstering security in a "deteriorating" strategic environment. ... more 
Canadian firm makes first bid for international seabed mining licenseNew York (AFP) April 29, 2025 Canada's The Metals Company said Tuesday it applied to the United States to mine deep-sea minerals in international waters, a world first made possible by President Donald Trump's embrace of the industry. ... more 
Dead salmon create election stink on Australian islandHobart, Australia (AFP) April 29, 2025 On a tree-lined beach in Australia's rugged island state of Tasmania, locals discovered popcorn-sized bits of dead salmon washed up along the sand. ... more 
France, Germany and Italy failing to stop destructive fishing: NGOsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) April 29, 2025 Five environmental organisations accused France, Germany and Italy on Tuesday of failing to stop destructive fishing, including bottom trawling, in protected areas in a legal complaint to the European Commission. ... more 
NASA deploys UAVSAR flights to map snowmelt and refine water resource forecastingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2025 RIn a mission to deepen understanding of one of Earth's most vital resources, NASA's C-20A aircraft completed seven specialized research flights in March, gathering critical data on snowmelt process ... more |
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On the horizon? Wave of momentum for high seas treaty
United Nations, United States (AFP) April 26, 2025 A treaty to protect the high seas will not come to life by the time the UN Oceans Conference opens in June, but persistence by member states has nudged the landmark pact towards enactment. Adopted in June 2023 after years of exhausting negotiations, the pact aims to protect marine habitats vital to humanity but threatened by pollution in vast waters beyond any national jurisdiction. It now has 113 signatories, but just 21 have ratified it. After the past two weeks of United Nations meetings ... read more 
Mexico agrees to send water to US after Trump threatens tariffsMexico City (AFP) April 28, 2025 Mexico has agreed to immediately provide water to the United States to reduce shortfalls under a decades-old treaty at the center of a diplomatic spat, the two countries said Monday. ... more |
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India, Pakistan and threats of a water war: what we know Srinagar, India (AFP) April 26, 2025 India, furious after a deadly attack, has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, with Islamabad warning any attempt to stop water flows would be considered an "act of war". ... more
UK water sector faces massive upgrade costsLondon (AFP) April 25, 2025 Britain's water sector will need to pour GBP290 billion ($386 billion) into its outdated infrastructure over the next 25 years to meet environmental and supply challenges, the public spending watchdog warned Friday. ... more 
China says US deep-sea mining plan 'violates international law'Beijing (AFP) April 25, 2025 A US push to approve deep-sea mining in domestic and international waters "violates international law", China warned on Friday, after a White House order to ramp up permits. ... more 
Trump signs order to ramp up US deep-sea miningWashington (AFP) April 25, 2025 US President Donald Trump has defied international norms and instructed a quick start to deep-sea mining in domestic waters and beyond, sparking an angry warning from Beijing that the move "violates international law." ... more
Coral reefs pushed to brink as bleaching crisis worsensParis (AFP) April 23, 2025 An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, scientists warned Wednesday. ... more |
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