DTE impact: Orissa High Court forms panel to study Olive Ridley conservation after 800 die

The 3-member panel to report by March 10 after consulting stakeholders

Why we must conserve the world’s seagrasses

Protection and restoration of seagrasses can play a significant role in mitigating climate change

Robben Island joins list of 20 new protected marine sites in South Africa

Marine protected area management has to take a more human-centred approach and the benefits of protected areas have to be shared more equitably

UN Ocean Conference: a roadmap for sustainable use of oceans

Stakeholders have been invited at the Ocean Conference to give voluntary commitments to ensure that the oceans remain clean and provide a robust …

Marine marvels

Film>> Oceans • Australia

World shrinks for oysters

Bay in distress

A proposed shipyard threatens the rich biodiversity of a south Goa bay, but government is unmoved

Plight of marine fishermen in Odisha’s turtle zone

The seven-month-long fishing ban and the perpetual bad weather are making life difficult for state fisher folk

Draft global guidelines to reduce plastic fishing gear in oceans agreed upon

A set of draft Voluntary Guidelines on marking fishing gear have been adopted by countries to monitor the use of fishing gear, which is …

INVASIVE THREAT

Ancestors of vertebrates did not have a brain

माइक्रोप्लास्टिक से बदल रहा है समुद्र में रह रहे केकड़ों का व्यवहार: रिसर्च

शोध के अनुसार माइक्रोप्लास्टिक जीवों के सोचने और समझने की क्षमता पर असर डाल रहा है| जिससे जीवों के व्यवहार में बदलाव आ रहा ...

खतरे में समुद्री मेगाफ्यूना, जैवविविधता को होगा भारी नुकसान 

यदि इसी तरह चलता रहा, तो अगले 100 वर्षों में औसतन 18% समुद्री मेगाफ्यूना की प्रजातियों का नुकसान हो सकता है, जिससे पारिस्थितिक कार्यों ...

It is time we protect our oceans

Oceans also drive the climate, and most importantly, they act as a buffer against climate change

Goa at sea

Despite promoting itself as an ecotourism hub, Goa is blind to the damage caused to its marine wildlife

How time-poor scientists inadvertently made it seem like the world was overrun with jellyfish

How flawed citation practices can perpetuate scientific ideas even before they've been fully established as true

Troubled waters

Troubled waters

Oil exploration may lead to extinction of deep-water coral in the Atlantic

Coral crisis

Uneasy lies the coral

Unprecedented depletion of corals threatens marine ecosystems in the tropics

A sinking feeling

The breaking of protective bunds threaten to submerge a village island in Goa

ECUADOR

Spilling doom

As vast amount of oil is spilt into the ocean, threatening sensitive marine and coastal biology, operation clean-up has turned out to be a large …

Thirsty for justice

Choked up

Global warming is threatening marine organisms by depleting oceans' oxygen