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Underwater 'human habitat' aims to allow researchers to make weeklong dives
Miami (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 To someday allow scientists to stay underwater conducting research for days on end, the UK-based company DEEP has designed Vanguard, a "subsea human habitat." The company unveiled its prototype Wednesday at a hangar in Miami, Florida, hoping that oceanographers and other researchers can use it to stay underwater in the ocean for at least a week, instead of only a few hours like most expeditions. "There are zones in oceans around the world that are unexplored at those depths, and making them avai ... read more |
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Australia fends off shark bites with new tech and oldSydney (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 High above Sydney's beaches, drones seek one of the world's deadliest predators, scanning for the flick of a tail, the swish of a fin or a shadow slipping through the swell. ... more 
Ecuador could host foreign military base on GalapagosQuito (AFP) Oct 28, 2025 Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa, a staunch US ally, said Tuesday the South American nation could host a foreign military base on the Galapagos Islands, famous for their unique flora and fauna. ... more 
Plastic waste may persist on ocean surfaces for generations model showsLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 A new study from Queen Mary University of London reveals buoyant plastic debris could remain at ocean surfaces for more than a century. Researchers constructed a model to track how these plastics mo ... more 
Mangrove research reveals major blue carbon and economic gain potential for the PhilippinesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 Mangrove forests in Eastern Visayas, Philippines, have been identified as powerful contributors to both climate mitigation and community wealth, according to a landmark study led by Dr. Hannah Alexi ... more |
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Rain in the Sahara? UIC researchers predict a wetter future for the desertChicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year - one-tenth of the amount of Chicago's rain, sleet and snow. But by the second half o ... more 
Hotter climate drives more intense rainfall across JapanTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Extreme weather events are already intensifying worldwide, and researchers warn they will worsen as the planet warms. Heavy rainfall, tropical cyclones, and heat waves are projected to grow stronger ... more 
Manta rays may dive over a kilometer deep to chart ocean routesSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 An international research team studying the world's largest rays has revealed that oceanic manta rays dive far deeper than previously recorded, descending beyond 1,200 meters to potentially map thei ... more 
World's coral reefs crossing survival limit: global expertsParis (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday. ... more 
Palau leader in 'world first' underwater interviewSydney (AFP) Oct 9, 2025 The president of tiny Pacific island nation Palau has sunk to new depths - claiming to be the first world leader to conduct a live interview immersed entirely underwater. ... more |
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US wastewater plants emit double the greenhouse gases in official estimates
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Wastewater treatment facilities across the United States are releasing roughly twice the greenhouse gases previously tallied by national inventories, according to a Princeton-led measurement campaign that directly sampled 96 plants with a mobile laboratory. Reporting Oct. 8 in Nature Water, researchers led by Professors Mark Zondlo and Z. Jason Ren, working with UC Riverside's Francesca Hopkins, found sectorwide emissions equal to 2.5 percent of U.S. methane and 8.1 percent of nitrous oxide. Those ... read more 
New Zealand's seas warming faster than global average: reportWellington (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 The seas around New Zealand are warming much faster than global averages, scientists said Wednesday in a new study warning how climate change could batter the island nation. ... more |
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Hydropower emerges as Southeast Asia's hidden force in driving down carbon emissionsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 When discussions about renewable energy turn to solar and wind, hydropower often stays in the background. Yet a major new study shows it could be Southeast Asia's most effective tool for cutting emi ... more 
Americans, Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carpDunnville, Canada (AFP) Oct 5, 2025 Finally, something to unite President Donald Trump, his Democratic opponents and the Canadians he's threatening to annex: a ferociously hungry carp. ... more 
Vast reserves, but little to drink: Tajikistan's water strugglesKolkhozobod, Tajikistan (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 To quench his thirst, Tajik labourer Nematoullo Bassirov must take a risk - drawing water from the stream running through his yard and hoping he won't fall sick. ... more 
Deep-sea mining poses new threat to sharks, rays and ghost sharksLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 New research from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa reveals that thirty species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras - also called ghost sharks - could be directly affected by proposed deep-sea mining op ... more
Ethiopia hits back at 'false' Egyptian claims over mega-damAddis Ababa (AFP) Oct 4, 2025 Ethiopia on Saturday hit back at Egypt's "false" claim that it had triggered floods in Sudan by opening the gates of its Nile mega-dam, a regional bone of contention. ... more |
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