La Nia flees

Indian monsoon may lose out

Ministry of ocean development gets a new name

Earth Commission on the rise

UNESCO publishes first status report on ocean sciences around the world

The objective is to identify strengths and weaknesses of this science, which has a direct impact both on global economy and environment

Oceans are warming twice as fast than the 1960s and it could get much worse

Top 2,000 metres of oceans have globally gained 351 zetta joules since 1958, finds study 

UAE

'Green' government

Oceans despair

1998. The International Year of the Ocean. But the news from the deep is not good

Going by smell

Fishing in Troubled Waters

Illegal fishing threatens populations of the Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean, challenging Australia's commitment to marine conservation

Under sea threat

Arctic meltdown

Nothing left to catch

Eating into the seas

Squeezing life out of oceanic ecosystems, communities around the world leave the waters contaminated and dirty, unable to sustain the vast array …

Shrinking coastline

The warmer half

Scientists struggle to explain the rapidly rising sea surface temperatures in the Northern Hemispere

Enriching the ocean

By laminating our oceans, we are choking life

This World Environment Day we need to pledge towards curbing our plastic use 

How an underwater photo led to the discovery of a tiny new seahorse species

Finding a species like Hippocampus nalu also shows how little we know about Africa’s marine biodiversity, and how much more is …

Ocean warming ‘hiding’ effects of global warming

Indian, Pacific Oceans have been trapping more heat than previously thought

"I have always been an environmentalist"

Russi Mody, chairman of Tata Steel, defends his organisation's involvement in the controversial Chilika Aquatic Farms Ltd project in Orissa.

No genie's tale

Plastic waste is threatening ocean biodiversity

Bytes

Study throws new light on evolution of northern Indian Ocean

Scientists say a short-lived subduction event occurred around 70 million years ago in Laxmi Basin located on the western margin of the Indian …

Seabed movers

Budget 2023-24: Deep Ocean Mission gets Rs 600 crore; funds to be spent on research vessel, identifying minerals

Experts raised concerns over the impacts of mining on deep-ocean biodiversity