World Environment Day 2023: Cleaning up marine litter; too little, too late?

Around 95 per cent of India’s trade by volume and 68 per cent by value is executed through waterways. Plastics contribute a major portion …

The secret sex life of the sea urchin

With the unravelling of how fertilisation occurs in sea urchins, scientists may now better understand the reproduction process in higher mammals, …

Penguins gauge sea resources for scientists

Scientists are relying on the emperor penguins to find out the state of sea resources in the inhospitable Antarctic region.

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

Convention on biological diversity

Clipped wings

Birds under threat from illegal dumping of bilge on Canadian coast

Pollution watch

No genie's tale

Plastic waste is threatening ocean biodiversity

Row over report

Proposed norms on effluent discharge into Narmada tributary questioned

Stemming algal blooms

Using phytoplankton

El Niño is coming, and ocean temps are already at record highs — that can spell disaster for fish and corals

 El Niño tends to trigger intense and widespread periods of extreme ocean warming known as marine heat waves

Nuclear capable missile test endangers sea turtles in Odisha

Environmentalists say India’s endeavour to increase its defence arsenal is proving to be disastrous for it marine population

Centre proposes amendments to Shipbreaking Code 2013 for safe recycling

Toxic ships entering Indian waters expose vulnerabilities in country’s maritime and environmental security

One drop of sunscreen can damage a fragile coral reef system, says report

A chemical found in these creams and lotions not only kills the corals but also causes DNA damage in both adults and larvae

Phoenix phenomenon

Brine shrimps have the ability to revive after years without oxygen

Neptune's sorrows

Corals are to the oceans what tropical rainforests are to land. Known as Neptune's goblets, they are a vital link in the marine ecosystem and, in …

Virgin islands In peril

Tourism planned in Sri Lanka’s islands threatens their fragile ecosystem and the lives of people there

Carbon footprint of marine fisheries lower than global average. Efforts on to green sector: CMFRI

Active fishing consumes more than 90% of the fuel used in the sector

Talks begin in Australia for creating two Antarctic marine sanctuaries

Proposals for creating the protected areas have been pending for five years

Death at sea

Pollutants are killing whales near Mexico

Unhealthy bloom

Toxic algae render shell fish unfit for consumption in Goa's coastal Canacona region

Right to fish

Tawa shows the way in ensuring fishing rights to people

Bad to worse

Bytes

Global Kelp forests declining at 1.8% annually; indigenous knowledge can help, say experts

Kelps are increasingly threatened by climate change, eutrophication and shoreline development, among other human-induced stressors