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DTE Call For Action: How to combat the threat of marine litter

We can protect the marine ecosystem if we know the extent and sources of marine litter

Treaty for sharks, et al

Loopholes in the net

Olive Ridley preservation hits fishermen in Orissa

Brown oil and silvery sheen

DAHR JAMAIL visited Louisiana fisheries on harvest day but found the catch sordid

Offshore windfarms could offer new habitats for lobsters – new research

Increasing scour rocks might help to increase ecological value and maximise fishing opportunities within these sites

Underwater ship graves

Seventy years after the largest seaborne invasion in history, World War II shipwrecks still pose environmental risks

Robbed of the sea

Eyeing the coastlines

Further dilution of the rules safeguarding the Indian coastal ecosystem has just been proposed. Under the guise of providing land to poor …

Spilling the beans

Oil spills can cause more long-term environmental damage than previously thought of

Fossil-sorting robot to make it easier to study oceans, climate

New tech can automate sorting, manipulating and identifying microscopic marine fossils

Does a new era of bleaching beckon for Indian Ocean coral reefs?

The British overseas territory faces an environmental crisis

More than half of world’s coral reefs threatened by local activities

Alarming figures revealed by UNESCO body

UNITED NATIONS

South Asia

In Court

Oil spoils

That, too, for very long

X-Press Pearl disaster: Colombo’s coral reefs, marine wildlife in danger

The X-press Pearl disaster has already caused damage to Sri Lanka’s pristine beaches with millions of plastic pellets and debris. Now, …

Here are some ways to arrest cigarette butt pollution

Initiatives like product redesign, extended producer responsibility, fines, penalties and promoting non-profits for awareness programmes and …

Atlantic Ocean contains 10 times more microplastics than previously thought: Study

The ocean contains 12-21 million tonnes of microplastics; figure only for three of the most common types of plastic litter

Odisha fisherman sells rare fish for Rs 1.1 lakh

A merchant bought the 28-kg Ghol fish, known for its medicinal qualities, for Rs 3,940 a kg

Fishing, not oil, is at the heart of the South China Sea dispute

South China Sea’s fisheries are seriously over-exploited with 55 per cent of global marine fishing vessels operating there

State of the Global Climate report: 58% of ocean suffered at least one marine heatwave event in 2022

Around 25% of ocean surface also affected by marine cold spells

Plastic threat

Plastic toxins in oceans threaten lugworms, which recycle nutrients