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INFLECION project to revolutionize maritime security
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has partnered with AAC Clyde Space to launch the first phase of INFLECION, a satellite constellation project aimed at transforming Maritime Domain Awareness. This initiative will bolster safety, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and environmental sustainability across the maritime sector. Given that nearly 90% of global trade moves via maritime routes, increasing congestion due to shifting trade dynamics, supply chain challenges, and geopolitical factor ... read more |
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Climate crisis revives Soviet hydro plan in Central AsiaToktogul, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Feb 27, 2025 Central Asian countries are setting rivalries aside to build a giant hydroelectric plant originally planned in Soviet times, a bid to strengthen energy and food security and mitigate the effects of climate change. ... more 
Harnessing Fog for Water Supply in the World's Driest RegionsParis, France (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, receives less than 1 mm of rainfall annually. Water supplies in the region largely depend on underground reservoirs that were last replenis ... more 
Underwater canyon study informs landslide risk evaluationBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2025 The German research vessel SONNE is set to launch an expedition near New Zealand. Led by Kiel University, teams from CAU and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel will explore underwat ... more 
How Satellites Are Enhancing Lake Health MonitoringSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 Human activities and environmental shifts since the Holocene epoch have profoundly impacted lake ecosystems, particularly in China, where algal blooms have become increasingly frequent. A breakthrou ... more |
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Hong Kong firm makes bid for Thames Water: reportLondon (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 A Hong Kong company has submitted an initial GBP7-billion ($8.8 billion) bid for a majority stake in Thames Water, a heavily indebted UK water supplier, the Financial Times said Friday. ... more 
Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed mineralsWellington (AFP) Feb 22, 2025 The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the Pacific nation's seabed mineral riches. ... more 
Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in scorching Pakistan cityJacobabad, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 In one of the world's hottest cities, fresh and filtered water can quench the searing onslaught of climate change - but US President Donald Trump's foreign aid freeze threatens its vital supply, an NGO says. ... more 
Australia, Papua New Guinea vow to strike defence treatySydney (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 Australia said Thursday it will strike a defence treaty with Papua New Guinea, bolstering ties with a Pacific state that has been courted persistently by China. ... more 
Maritime carbon tax 'matter of survival' for Pacific islesLondon (AFP) Feb 19, 2025 Establishing a carbon tax on maritime transport is a "matter of survival" for the Pacific islands, a representative of the region said Wednesday at a International Maritime Organization meeting. ... more |
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Cook Islands PM defends China pact
Sydney (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 The Cook Islands' prime minister on Tuesday defended a new partnership pact with China and urged his country not to depend on handouts from "big brother" New Zealand. Prime Minister Mark Brown said the accord signed with Beijing offers his small Pacific nation opportunities in trade, infrastructure and the sustainable use of ocean resources. "We can choose to be a country that relies on handouts and is dependent on our big brother or we can choose to be a country that can stand on its own two fe ... read more
UK court backs loan for indebted Thames WaterLondon (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 A court on Tuesday approved a GBP3 billion ($3.8 billion) emergency loan for Britain's largest water supplier Thames Water, offering it a lifeline as it buckles under a mountain of debt. ... more |
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Cook Islands says in talks with China on deep-sea mining Sydney (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 Cook Islands officials said Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters. ... more 
WWF legal challenge against Norway deep-sea mining failsOslo (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 An Oslo court on Thursday rejected a legal challenge by the WWF environmental group against Norway's bid to mine its seabed for minerals crucial to the green energy transition. ... more 
Arid Athens turns to ancient aqueduct as climate crisis bitesAthens (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an aqueduct built almost 2,000 years ago. ... more 
French mineral water companies face new investigationsParis (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 A French magistrate has opened a fraud inquiry into mineral water giants Nestle and Sources Alma over suspicions of illegal processing of water, a source close to the investigation said Thursday. ... more 
Dam fine: beavers save Czech treasury $1 millionPrague (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 Beavers have saved Czech taxpayers a cool $1 million by flooding a protected former army training site where a long-stalled dam was planned, a conservation official said on Tuesday. ... more |
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