WATER

The Costa Allegra fire -- which has stranded 1,000 in the Indian Ocean near Seychelles -- threatens to hurt a cruise ship industry that is already suffering from the Costa Concordia catastrophe.

The Costa Allegra is adrift off the coast of Seychelles after a fire erupted in the electrical room. The incident comes just weeks after another Costa Crociere ship, the Costa Concordia, ran aground off the Italian coast killing at least 25.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said she believes hydraulic fracturing can be done safely. That may be a slight shift in her previous cautious view.

Fracking may not be as dangerous as it's made out to be, according to a new study.

Sergio Jesus Rico, an engineer from Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute, has been nominated for a prestigious 2012 world water prize for his invention of solid rain. It hydrates crops by turning water into gel with potassium polyacrylate, a chemical that can then attach directly to plant roots and water them.

Stocks closed flat in another thinly traded session on Wednesday as Greece remained in a standstill over accepting tough reforms in exchange for a bailout critical to avoiding a chaotic default.

Stocks closed flat in another thinly traded session on Wednesday as Greece remained in a standstill over accepting tough reforms in exchange for a bailout critical to avoiding a chaotic default.

A few hydraulic fracturing permits could be approved by year-end, New York Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said.

Passengers on the Crown Princess cruise ship are getting sick with novovirus again. The Crown Princess is returning to port for the second straight week following another novovirus outbreak on the cruise ship.

According to a recent survey by the marketing agency 11Mark, approximately 75% of people take their cell phones into the bathroom with them to talk, text or surf the Web. And, if you're one of them, suppose your iPhone slips into the toilet accidentally, won't you be frustrated? However, with the help of Liquipel, the next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, might just rescue itself from water-related damage.

A Maine seafarer said he had found the wreck of a World War II merchant ship off the Massachusetts coast, sunk while carrying a cargo of the precious metal platinum valued today at nearly $3 billion, an unprecedented find that has raised some doubts.

Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has leaked more than 600 liters of water, forcing it to briefly suspend cooling operations at a spent-fuel pond over the weekend, but none is thought to have escaped into the ocean.

A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned some 3.7 million people of Liuzhou in the Guangxi region to avoid drinking water from the river, state media reported on Friday.

A huge pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean is expanding and could lower the temperature of Europe by causing an ocean current to slow down, British scientists said Sunday.

Country singer Dolly Parton announced plans to open a $50 million water and snow theme park in Nashville, Tennessee.

Chinese New Year 2012 begins Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, and will usher in the Year of the Dragon. Here is a look at the meaning behind the Dragon and some predictions for 2012.

CIC did not disclose the purchase price.

Hedge fund titan Citadel, whose main funds lost roughly 50 percent during the financial crisis, has now fully recovered and will again be able to charge performance fees, its founder told employees on Friday.

Almost three weeks after federal regulators revisited families in Dimock, Pa., the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it will test water samples from at least 60 homes in the area.

iShower, a Bluetooth-enabled, water-resistant shower speaker that was showcased at CES 2012 turned heads, not because of the lovely lady that was posing with the device, but because it works from a whopping 200-foot range, which means you can leave your device anywhere, away from potential water damage.

Snowfall in the Northwest is not uncommon in winter months, but sights of huge blizzards and traffic-crippling conditions are usually more attributed to the Northeast, but just where is all the snow?