Climate change? Experts are not sure as Olive Ridley ‘Arribada’ starts a month early at Odisha’s Rushikulya

Suitable climatic and beach conditions are the reasons for the early mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles this year, according to experts  

Winds of change

El Nio, a weather phenomenon caused by a complex interaction between atmospheric and oceanic conditions has ushered in drought, forest fires and …

Letters

Still life in waves

The visual media is into the business of producing images. Sometimes, just sometimes, they become iconic. For disasters there is a recognisable …

Sethusamudram alternative route not feasible: report

Supreme Court gives Centre eight weeks to decide fate of the project

Hole hazards

Way to oblivion

That's where the Asian sea horses might be headed

Cold diversity

Antarctica's larval diversity can warn us of the effects of climate change

EU deep-sea fishing quota disputed

Zone of contention

Aqua guard

Denmark introduces an advanced system to moniter oxygen depletion and waste dumping in seawater

Science and Technology - Briefs

SOUTH ASIA

EU fishers up against dearer fuel

West Africa’s plastic waste could be fuelling the economy instead of polluting the ocean: Experts

Olive Ridley turtles disoriented, lay eggs in villages away from nesting sites

Such turtles are at risk of being attacked by jackals and dogs or dying of dehydration

Jellyfish, stingrays join Ganesh immersion in Mumbai

Scientists say rising sea temperatures have brought them to Mumbai coast for breeding

Science and Technology - Briefs

Anti-nuke protests in Tamil Nadu

Gram sabhas call for closure of Koodankulam plant  

Hilsa vanishing from poor and middle-class people’s menu in Odisha

Over-exploitation of fish stocks, construction of dams, use of gill nets and climatic factors to blame

Science & Technology - Bytes

Seas of despair

Heavy metals are polluting the North Sea. And there is nothing we can do

Dead sea of Japan

Pak loses $30 million after EU ban on export of seafood

Ahmedabad's mega project for industrial effluents