Hurricane Irma: things you must know about one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever

For the Caribbean nations, it is bringing back the memories of Hurricane Matthew that killed more than 500 people in Haiti in 2016

Microplastic in Atlantic: Ocean lab near Bermuda Triangle

Scientists on expedition find 29 pieces of plastic, of which 23 are micro plastic, in the Atlantic Gyre

Large quartz dust particles found in the middle of the North Atlantic

The mere existence of these particles at this location cannot be explained by conventional climate change models

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Africa: The least responsible, but most vulnerable to climate change

More than 2,000 natural disasters have hit Africa since 1970 affecting 500 million people and killing 0.9 million

A crab’s coup strategy

Control reproduction of competing species

Hurricanes, wildfires further endanger these threatened species in US, Caribbean

With extreme climate events showing no signs of ebbing, preservation of species can no longer be left to the whims of nature

Genetically-modified salmon sparks debate

This particular salmon is an Atlantic one modified to grow fast with the help of genetic sequences from a Pacific Chinook Salmon and the eel-like …

Ocean’s dramatic past

Zeroing in on the evolution of the North Atlantic

Hurricanes are now getting intense more quickly than 30 years ago

Rapid intensification occurs when the maximum wind speed in a hurricane goes up by at least 28.8 miles within a 24-hour period

Ocean seeding fails

40 per cent of Europe’s sharks and rays face extinction risk: IUCN

Conservation body’s newly released ‘Red List’ says 7.5 per cent of continent’s marine species are at risk of extinction

Court asks US Navy to ban use of sonar harming whales, marine life

Noise pollution in the oceans is disrupting whales’ abilities to hear and migrate

Rising sea levels could force marine life towards poles

Such a move could put sea creatures at extreme peril

A large, large catchment

Pacific and the Atlantic oceans: key controllers of monsoons

केदारनाथ आपदा के अवशेषों में छिपी जलवायु चक्र की कहानी

वैज्ञानिकों ने वर्ष 2013 की केदारनाथ आपदा के बाद वहां पाए ग…

Is the global warming ‘hiatus’ over?

There are many ongoing signs that the planet is heating up, even “on fire.”

The southern connection

Building up of ice sheets in the far north might be due to strong currents in the South Atlantic

Did 2015 make us more climate wise?

Last year, weather records were broken left, right and centre all over the world as the world witnessed cold waves, heat waves, droughts, …

Earth’s natural cooling process offset global warming in past decade

No reason to become complacent in the fight against climate change, warn researchers

Earth’s natural cooling process offset global warming in past decade

No reason to become complacent in the fight against climate change, warn researchers

Beware of Obama's trade agenda

Can we trust Arvind Subramanian not to push for the kind of concessions the US will be demanding from India?

Japan leads opposition to establishing marine sanctuary for whales

Proposal for a sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean has been repeatedly submitted to the International Whaling Commission in recent years, but …

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Atlantic cooling may be temporary respite