Arctic Sea ice saw largest decline in 41 years in July 2019: NCPOR

Loss of ice cover in the Arctic Sea has had strong effects on components of climate system, such as reduction of heat and momentum, water vapour &…

Plant-like bacteria

The coast is not clear

A new report paints a grim picture of the world's coastal areas

Coral from current

Tell me where

The underground discharge of water and minerals to oceans is now known to be much more significant. This considerably reduces the weightage given …

Bytes

Troubled waters

Indian Ocean as rich archive of history — above and below the water line

In the age of rising sea levels and climate change, all that is important to learn more about the sea from an ecological point of view

एशिया-प्रशांत क्षेत्र के महासागरों के लिए कोविड-19 बन सकता है वरदान: यूएन रिपोर्ट

कार्बन उत्सर्जन और ऊर्जा मांग में आई तात्कालिक कमी से समुद्री पर्यावरण बेहतर हुआ है। एशिया-प्रशांत क्षेत्र के देशों को इससे सीख ले कर ...

The magnetic North Pole is shifting and that too very rapidly

There is unusual activity at the North Pole. The magnetic north pole is sliding away from the Arctic region of Canada into Siberia. It has always …

Increasing ocean acidity will hit the marine food chain, says study

Increasing acidification impacts phytoplankton, which in turn will drastically affect the fish population

Impact of ocean warming on monsoon

Roxy Mathew Koll from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune talks about the effects of ocean warming on the Indian Monsoons.

Rulers of the waves

Simple salmon

Scottish environmentalists oppose use of chemicals to control sea lice and favour organic salmon

Microplastic in Atlantic: Great garbage patch

Microplastics are all so pervasive that our bodies have turned into a great garbage patch

International expedition launched to study Indian Ocean

Information collected will help in understanding the impact of global warming and climate change

Ocean seeding fails

Manning the groves

Studies conducted on the Vietnamese coast reveal that mangroves are among the best defences one could put up against the ravages of the sea

Vicious circle

Global warming reduces ability of oceans to absorb carbon dioxide, leading to more warming

It is wetter in the south

Australian scientists say ocean warming has increased rainfall over the Southern Ocean

Plankton warming

To prevent overkill

Medicinal values of marine life make it vulnerable to overexploitation. But it is now possible to artificially produce such qualities

Turtle in trouble

Dead waters

The seas around the UK will not be free of radioactive discharges for several years

Fertilising the ocean

Iron leads to the growth of algae, which absorb carbon dioxide