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Coastal management cooperation, enforcement key to avoid pending crisis for millions

In a blunt assessment, to be presented Weds. June 4 at UN Headquarters, New York, UNU’s Canadian-based International Network on Water, Environment and Health…

Unique Acoustic System Protects Manatees from Injuries and Death

Locks are used on sections of a canal or river that may be closed off by gates to control the water level to enable the raising and lowering of boats passing…

New Ballast Treatment Could Protect Great Lakes Fish

David Hand, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan Tech, has devised a simple way to treat ballast water in vessels ranging from…

Are microbes the answer to the energy crisis?

When it comes to alternative fuels, currently ethanol is king. Almost all ethanol produced in the United States is fermented from readily available sugars in…

Data show Antarctic ice stream radiating seismically

A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues at Pennsylvania State University and Newcastle University in the United Kingdom have found…

Big Quakes Cause Temblors Worldwide

A recent study of major earthquakes since 1992 – the kind that can generate widespread damage – revealed that such events routinely trigger smaller jolts…

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