News About The Oceans of Earth 20-NOV-09 en-us New York (UPI) Nov 19, 2009 - Two conservation groups say they have jointly produced the first atlas of the Patagonian Sea -- a South American marine ecosystem.]]> New York NY (SPX) Nov 19, 2009 - The oceans play a key role in regulating climate, absorbing more than a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans put into the air. Now, the first year-by-year accounting of this mechanism during the industrial era suggests the oceans are struggling to keep up with rising emissions-a finding with potentially wide implications for future climate. The study appears in this week's issue of the journal Nature, and is expanded upon in a separate website.]]> Berbera, Somalia (AFP) Nov 16, 2009 - Somali livestock farmers who have converged massively on the port of Berbera after losing all their animals said that this year's drought is the worst in ten years.]]> Thar Jath, Sudan (AFP) Nov 16, 2009 - Oil production in Sudan's Unity state is contaminating water, spreading disease to humans and cattle and threatening the world's largest inland wetlands, according to a survey released Monday.]]> Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Nov 16, 2009 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is planning to enlist Cuban help with an ambitious cloud-seeding operation in the hope of inducing rain to ease drought in the country.]]> Lima (AFP) Nov 12, 2009 - Many of Peru's grittiest slums can only dream of access to water. But thanks to a German NGO, simple technology and hard work, some humble homes are the first to use plastic netting to harvest water from the fog cloaking the night sky.]]> Amman, Jordan (UPI) Nov 13, 2009 - A Jordanian academic has predicted that Israel will go to war with neighboring Lebanon and Egypt to get their water. ]]> Beijing (UPI) Nov 12, 2009 - Climate change is damaging the Yangtze River basin, scientists say.]]> Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2009 - Rising temperatures will expose China's Yangtze River basin to extreme weather such as severe floods, drought and storms that could threaten cities such as Shanghai, a new report has said.]]> Sydney (AFP) Nov 11, 2009 - Australia on Wednesday rejected plans to build a massive new dam, despite pleas it is needed to provide water to residents, because of its feared impact on endangered fish and turtles.]]>