WATER

Several residents in Tasmania expressed their concerns in one of the area's water supply against toxic waste from plantations.

Scuba diving enthusiasts will be flipping their fins with anticipation over the news that there will soon be another wreck-site to explore off the Cayman Islands.

Royal Dutch Shell will continue its deep-water drilling to meet rising global oil demand, its chief executive said on Sunday, despite safety concerns following rival BP's Gulf of Mexico blowout.

Brazil's state oil company Petrobras announced on Monday a 29 percent investment hike over five years as it stepped up its campaign to tap some of the world's largest deposits of deep sea oil.

The claims of Prahlad Jani, 83 saying he has been without food and water for over 70 years, have been strongly disputed by Australian scientists.

AHMEDABAD: An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent 65 years without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation.

An Italian inventor, Luciano Marabese has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu -- an electronic holy water dispenser.

Investors should urgently diversify the web of undersea cables that serve as the world's information and banking arteries to address soaring demand and piracy concerns and reduce the risk of catastrophic outages.

U.S. sellers of everything from cosmetics to cruises to car rentals were scrambling for options after a tower of ash from an Icelandic volcano turned much of Europe into a no-fly zone.

According to a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) study, which listed floods among the nation's deadliest of natural disasters, there have been at least 73 flood-related deaths from 1997 to 2008.

Australia has lesser problems when it comes to their watering times with their reservoir levels 10 percent above the normal level for this year.

Buyers should be beware of Gold Coast water for evidences showed that it contains a harmful bacteria, e-coli.

Around 20 people died and thousands were evacuated in Kazakhstan on Friday after severe floods destroyed two dams in the south of the Central Asian state, the emergencies ministry said.

With Governor David Paterson enveloped in scandal, New York's lieutenant governoris leading the notoriously difficult budget process and freeing up his boss to fight for his political life, experts say.

The central California coast is known for its rugged beauty, but it is also home to a very rare animal.

A Web application that alerts wine grape farmers when their vines are thirsty has won first place in a competition to spur entrepreneurs in the investment-starved water sector, organizers said on Monday.

SouthWest Water Co said it agreed to be acquired by institutional investors led by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Water Asset Management LLC.

New detailed images of Saturn's icy moon released this week provide the latest evidence that the surface may be hospitable to life.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, who angered environmentalists, fishing groups and other Democratic lawmakers by proposing to divert more water to California's farmers, said on Friday she was working to avoid controversial legislation.

Heavy rain has raised Spain's capacity to generate hydroelectricity and irrigate crops, official data showed on Tuesday in the heavily gas and grain-dependent country.

Greek dry bulk carrier Diana Shipping Inc (DSX.N) said it agreed to buy a Panamax dry bulk carrier for $35.1 million from a third party, as part of its two-year investment plan.