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Rock microbes reveal hidden groundwater carbon engine
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 Deep underground, microbial communities living on rock surfaces are emerging as powerful but largely overlooked drivers of groundwater chemistry and carbon storage. A team from the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse at Friedrich Schiller University Jena has now shown that these attached microbes follow fundamentally different strategies from free-floating cells in groundwater, with major implications for environmental science and water management. Previous work on groundwater microbio ... read more |
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Zoantharian cousins blur long held divide between Atlantic and Indo Pacific reefsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 For decades, marine biogeography has treated the Atlantic and Indo Pacific oceans as distinct biological worlds, with reef communities and coral assemblages thought to share little overlap across th ... more 
'So little we know': in submersibles revealing the deep seaAboard Oceanxplorer, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines. ... more 
Japan says rare earth found in sediment retrieved on deep-sea missionTokyo (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 metres (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission, the government said Monday, as it seeks to curb dependence on China for the valuable minerals. ... more 
US finalizes rule for deep-sea mining beyond its watersWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the United States a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry. ... more |
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Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes landBlacksburg VA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 What's the shape of water? In 2022, NASA launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to answer this question by precisely measuring the height and extent of bodies of water. ... more 
Activists question treaty power to protect high seasLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 After years of international negotiation and diplomacy, the High Seas Treaty has come into force in January 2026, with 61 states ratifying the agreement to protect international waters and marine li ... more 
Balkan wild rivers in steady decline: studyBelgrade (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 Thousands of kilometres of Balkan rivers have been damaged in recent years, a study published Wednesday found, as hydropower development, dams and sediment extraction drive a "steady erosion" of some of Europe's last pristine waterways. ... more 
UN report warns world is entering era of global water bankruptcyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A flagship report from the United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health warns that the world has entered an era of global water bankruptcy in which many human water systems c ... more 
Scientists plan deep-sea expedition to probe 'dark oxygen'Paris, France (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing "dark oxygen". ... more |
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Study links slower renewal of deep North Atlantic waters to climate change
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 20, 2026 The ocean constantly exchanges properties with the atmosphere when surface waters sink and carry oxygen, carbon and other tracers into the ocean interior. This ventilation process can be quantified using water age, a measure of how long it has been since a water mass was last in contact with the atmosphere. A new study from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel now shows that the water filling the deep North Atlantic has been ageing over recent decades, indicating a weakening of large scal ... read more 
Trump offers Egypt to mediate on Ethiopia damWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 US President Donald Trump told Egypt on Friday he was ready to reopen diplomacy to press Ethiopia into sharing water from a mega-dam that has angered Cairo. ... more |
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China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treatyWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 China on Friday proposed to host the secretariat of a new treaty governing the high seas, a surprise bid that underscores Beijing's desire to have greater influence over global environmental governance. ... more 
Pendulum device taps power from ocean currentsParis, France (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 A new energy harvesting concept uses a pendulum like cylinder system to capture power from moving water in oceans and rivers. The design, developed by Francisco Huera of the Department of Mechanical ... more 
ENSO drives synchronized shifts in global water extremesAustin, United States (SPX) Jan 12, 2026 Water extremes such as droughts and floods strongly affect communities, ecosystems, and economies across the globe, and new research shows that a single climate pattern has largely driven these extr ... more
Japan aims to dig deep-sea rare earths to reduce China dependenceTokyo (AFP) Jan 12, 2026 A Japanese research vessel on Monday began a historic voyage to attempt to dig deep-sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres to curb dependence on China. ... more 
Experts say oceans soaked up record heat levels in 2025Brest, France (AFP) Jan 9, 2026 The world's oceans absorbed a record amount of heat in 2025, an international team of scientists said Friday, further priming conditions for sea level rise, violent storms, and coral death. ... more |
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