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Travel-associated Illness Trends and Clusters, 2000–2010 Provide Help for...
This multisite longitudinal analysis highlights the utility of sentinel surveillance of travelers for contributing information on disease activity trends and an evidence base for travel medicine...
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Professor John Briscoe, Harvard University, is Named 2014 Stockholm Water...
Professor John Briscoe, a native of South Africa, is named the 2014 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate “for his unparalleled contributions to global and local water management, inspired by an unwavering...
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Climate Change Adaptation Investments Can Help Promote Livelihoods of 65% of...
The report, “Investment in Climate Change Adaptation Can Help Promote Livelihoods of 65% of Africans,” provides a snapshot of current and predicted future impacts of climate change on livelihoods,...
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Rapid Decline of Caribbean Corals Can Be Reversed According to Newly Released...
“The rate at which the Caribbean corals have been declining is truly alarming…They are a major oceanic ecosystem, this is a tragedy that must be reversed,” says Carl Gustaf Lundin, Director of IUCN’s...
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Wildlife Preservation in Southeast Nova Scotia
The efforts of the Clean Annapolis River Project lead to preservation of the Annapolis River and its watershed in Nova Scotia, Canada, and its designation as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.Grand Lake,...
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"WASH 4 ALL" Comic Book Offered for Free Announced by Horizon International...
The publication of “Schoolchildren Battle Malaria and Other Diseases,” the first edition of “WASH 4 All,” a comic book series being offered for free throughout the world announced was today by Horizon...
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The Biology of Water and Health, Part 1, MOOC Available for Registration,...
Tufts University's first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), The Biology of Water and Health (Part 1), is currently available for registration on the edX platform: http://tinyurl.com/tuftswatermooc....
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$1 Million Prize for Digital Innovation To Capture Info from Traditional 'Bug...
National competition launched to stimulate development of a new tool to digitally record images and data from museum insect collections. Other than the team leader, team members are not required to be...
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Effective Malaria Control Dramatically Reduces Deaths with 47% Decrease...
The number of people dying from malaria has fallen dramatically since 2000 and malaria cases are also steadily declining, according to the “World malaria report 2014.” Between 2000 and 2013, the...
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NASA Announces New Mission to Track Water in Earth’s Soil
A new NASA satellite that will peer into the topmost layer of Earth's soils to measure the hidden waters that influence our weather and climate is in final preparations for a January 29, 2015 dawn...
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NASA Launches Pioneering Soil Moisture Mapping Satellite
"Scientists and policymakers will use SMAP data to track water movement around our planet and make more informed decisions in critical areas like agriculture and water resources," said NASA...
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World's Second-Largest Shark Sanctuary Established by Federated States of...
Sharks are safer in the Pacific Ocean, thanks to Micronesia's establishment of the world's second-largest shark sanctuary. The protected area, equal in size to India, will help strengthen the marine...
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World’s Largest Fully Protected Marine Reserve Established by U.K....
U.K. government establishes world’s largest fully protected marine reserve and sets a new standard for monitoring. The 834,334-square-kilometre reserve (322,138 square miles) is home to at least 1,249...
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Rajendra Singh of India named the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
Rajendra Singh of India is named the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security in rural India, and for showing extraordinary courage...
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Scientists Find Coral Reefs Defy Ocean Acidification Odds in Palau: Palau...
Scientists are studying coral reefs in areas where low pH is naturally occurring to answer questions about ocean acidification, which threatens coral reef ecosystems worldwide. A new study led by...
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Sixth Largest Marine Protected Area In The World Created By Palau
On October 28, 2015, Tommy E. Remengesua, Jr., President of the Republic of Palau signed into law the “Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act,” creating “the sixth largest marine protected area in the...
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Assumptions About Fish Populations' Fluctuations Challenged by New NSF Research
According a National Science Foundation (NSF), scientific literature and fisheries management and conservation efforts have for years assumed that the survival of adult fish is relatively constant...
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Horizon International Announces Partnership with Global Innovation Exchange
Horizon International announces Partnership with the Global Innovation Exchange, “a global online marketplace for innovations, funding, insights, resources and conversations, allowing the world to...
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U. S. Land and Sea Now Protected by President Obama Increased to 265 million...
Efforts on every scale from international to local, cooperatively and individually, are increasingly responding to this stark reality by setting aside land and regions of the seas as preservation areas...
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Actions to Prevent Polluted Drinking Water in the United States
Drinking water: Courtesy of CDCIn recognition of urgent, immediate need to address devastating health problems caused by lead in drinking water in Flint, Michigan, and in other places across the United...
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