Ocean floor disintegrating rapdily due to manmade CO2
Excess carbon dioxide in the sea is using all the seafloor calcite that has helped maintain pH levels for millennia, says the study published in&…
Amidst the El Niño buzz, Pacific Ocean cools down
While the world awaits El Niño, the 'Little Boy' has played a mischief which has led to a delay in its arrival
Insistence on dollar payments delays ocean power project
A US firm proposing to set up a project off the Tamil Nadu coast that will supply electricity and potable water from the ocean wants to be paid …
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In hot water
GHGs raise ocean temperatures
Ancient algae play a role in building a healthy marine ecosystem: Study
Climate change is a major reason for the development, according to study
Climatic loophole
Sinks can now be potentially identified as the most dangerous loophole for the environmental integrity of the Kyoto Protocol
Does a new era of bleaching beckon for Indian Ocean coral reefs?
The British overseas territory faces an environmental crisis
Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?
Small island developing states also face more extreme weather, increasingly acidic oceans, coral bleaching and harm to fisheries
The great rift: Africa’s splitting plates could give birth to a new ocean, but with consequences
Evacuation of people and the potential loss of lives will be an unfortunate cost of this natural phenomenon
Why the monsoon stalled in 2021: Blame it on anomalous world weather
A host of factors including temperature anomalies, the Madden Julian Oscillation and the Indian Ocean Dipole are responsible
Plant-like bacteria
The coast is not clear
A new report paints a grim picture of the world's coastal areas
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 &…
A23a, world’s largest iceberg, is now drifting beyond Antarctic waters
While scientists believe the iceberg’s breakaway to be a natural occurrence, they point this to being a stark reminder of the potentially …
Rulers of the waves
Growing commercial interest in Southern Ocean’s resources thwarts protection efforts around Antarctica
Russia no longer engages in krill fisheries but wants to keep its options open. It might have larger plans
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.
Global warming pushes marine fish to polar waters: Study
It remains to be seen how foodwebs and ecosystems will be affected by fish migration
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
Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Heatwaves sweep the oceans
Marine heatwaves hit the western Indian Ocean and the northern Bay of Bengal the most; will be a permanent feature by end of the century
Warm Arctic waves, La Niña to blame for early heat waves, depressions: Experts
If the interaction between La Niña and the warm Arctic is happening, it is an impact of global warming
Coral from current