Kenya’s coast is losing huge amounts of seagrass. But all isn’t lost

The future is bright since the capacity in seagrass research has grown over the years

The company El Nino keeps

Effects similar to those of El Nino have been observed in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

A deal to destroy

Drying land and heating seas: why nature in Australia’s southwest is on the climate frontline

Australia must take responsibility for its emissions and show ambition beyond the weak promise of net zero by 2050 and commit to real 2030 …

Bad weather ahead for Bay of Bengal, but how bad will it get?

The flip-flops over a new system brewing to India’s east show that our best climate models are playing catch up with weather systems in a …

Study throws new light on evolution of northern Indian Ocean

Scientists say a short-lived subduction event occurred around 70 million years ago in Laxmi Basin located on the western margin of the Indian …

Cyclone Idai batters southern Africa; 120 dead, many more missing

Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi affected in the ‘worst disaster to hit the region’

Is India better prepared if a 2004-like tsunami strikes again?

Next month will mark 14 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami killed thousands 

Why the Indian Ocean is spawning strong and deadly tropical cyclones

Temperatures of 30°C are occurring more often and over longer periods of time

The lost world

A continent rose thrice above the Indian Ocean, only to disappear beneath the waves each time

Book Excerpt: The survival of the Maldives as a nation

Journalist Daniel Bosley’s new book delves into the fragile group of atolls in the Indian Ocean

A warming Bay of Bengal may have turned Amphan into super cyclone: Experts

Storms will rapidly intensify more frequently in the Indian Ocean, making prediction methods less accurate

Rising temperatures in Indian Ocean can boost Atlantic’s ocean currents: Study

Weakening of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation can have dramatic consequences for Europe and other parts of the Atlantic rim

East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during the short rainy season — new study

In the long term it is crucial to ensure that any new infrastructure is robust to withstand more frequent and heavier rains

Alvaro, first cyclone of 2024, hits Madagascar

Over 16,000 affected; 8,400 people have been displaced and 5 killed    

Biporjoy: Cyclonic storm develops over Arabian Sea, could make landfall in Pakistan or Oman

This is the first cyclone to form in June since 2020

Mocha is the strongest cyclone on earth so far in this year: Expert

Storm equals Fani in terms of speed and intensity  

Coconut cousins

DNA analysis shows coconuts have two different origins

Noxious ways?

Pollution from Africa and Indonesia reaches Indian Ocean region in monsoon transition periods

The saga of Diego Garcia's Chagossian evacuees

How Diego Garcia became a US military base

DTE Reportage: Coverage of Cyclone Biporjoy by our team in Delhi and on the ground in Kutch

Down To Earth covers the Arabian Sea cyclone from its genesis to its eventual dissipation

Polymer plume: Over 170 trillion plastic particles are floating in the oceans, says study

Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans has reached unprecedented levels over the past 15 years

Australia shivers as winter ends; spring to be wet due to negative Indian Ocean Dipole, La Nina

The Bureau of Meteorology recently stated that its three-month climate outlook was of above average rainfall for much of Australia, particularly …

Monsoon 2022: Could long-term trend be causing huge variation in rainfall

The reason for this trend is the rapid warming of the Indian Ocean, which decreases the contrast between the temperatures of land and ocean  

Scientists find new dimension to dynamics of Indian Ocean

They have discovered that sea level in the ocean rises and falls by up to 4 cms every 30-80 days