Water, Oceans & Ice

HONOLULU, Nov. 6 (UPI) — New lava flows from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano have reached the ocean, creating a new lava tube separate from the main tube, geologists said.
Dozens of small lava flows have joined to enter the Pacific Ocean about 2,300 feet west of the main tube at Waikupanaha, said Jim Kauahikaua, lead scientist at [...]

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 6 (UPI) — U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said the Middle East is “in a challenging situation” and would need stability to achieve development, emphasizing the need to fight climate change to help avoid the next major conflict in the embattled region: “Water War.”
“Instability does affect (development). This is clear: Where [...]

SCITUATE, Mass., Nov. 5 (UPI) — A study of whale-watching boats visiting Stellwagen Bank from Massachusetts ports found all of them exceeding voluntary speed limits.
Undercover investigators were posted on boats in 2003 and 2004 for 46 trips, surreptitiously clocking the speed at 5-second intervals, the Gloucester Daily Times reported. The study was published last [...]

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 4 (UPI) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger congratulated state legislators Wednesday for passing a massive overhaul plan for California’s water system.
Schwarzenegger said in a written statement that the legislation, which includes an $11 billion bond measure that must be approved by the cash-strapped state’s voters, addresses the “lifeblood of everything we do in California.”
“Democrats [...]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov. 3 (UPI) — A 35-mile-long rift in the desert of Ethiopia could rip open, creating a new sea in just days, scientists say.
Researchers from the University of Rochester in New York, along with colleagues from the United States, Britain, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France and Yemen, say they’ve confirmed the volcanic activity [...]