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

Another dead sea

Survival at stake

Will corals that have survived Nature's occasional acts of destruction through the centuries survive 50 years of human pressure?

In warm waters

Global warming is responsible for coral bleaching, say experts. And if climate change goes unchecked death of corals could mean the death knell …

Pollutants invade remotest place on earth; Mariana Trench highly contaminated

Shrimplike crustaceans in Mariana and Kermadec trenches are contaminated with 50 times more toxic chemicals than crabs that survive in heavily …

The face of extinction

Species extinction is real, and not a scare. But the solutions conservationsists provide are simplistic and even more scary

Neptune's sorrows

Corals are to the oceans what tropical rainforests are to land. Known as Neptune's goblets, they are a vital link in the marine ecosystem and, in …

La Nina’s rare ‘triple dip’ likely to affect weather patterns globally

Continuation of the La Niña may also mean an extended southwest monsoon season for India and the rest of south Asia

Oceans of fantasy

THE OCEAN... OUR FUTURE· Report of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans·Mario Soares· Cambridge University Press, …

Assess marine biodiversity before permitting deep-sea mining: Experts

India backs International Seabed Authority at 27th session of Assembly while many countries question body’s stand on deep-sea mining

Even weak tropical cyclones have grown more intense worldwide – we tracked 30 years of them using currents

An increase in ocean currents corresponded to a rise in the intensity of weak tropical cyclones during 1990-2020

Monsoon 2022: Could long-term trend be causing huge variation in rainfall

The reason for this trend is the rapid warming of the Indian Ocean, which decreases the contrast between the temperatures of land and ocean  

UN ocean conference: 'Blue Deal' to enable sustainable use of ocean resources for economic development

Post-COVID-19 economy should prioritise sustainability, resilience in ocean-based value chains.

Scientists find new dimension to dynamics of Indian Ocean

They have discovered that sea level in the ocean rises and falls by up to 4 cms every 30-80 days

How is the view inside a giant marine sinkhole

A private expedition took submarines into the Great Blue Hole off the coast of Belize. Here are snapshots

Oceans continue to lose heat

Oceans report card: Global ocean health scores 67 out of 100

Seas surrounding Indian peninsula score 61, lower than global average

In hot water

GHGs raise ocean temperatures

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Phytoplankton growth overestimated in the Pacific Ocean

Sir Creek draws India, Pakistan together

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What happened when the oceans went quiet during the pandemic? Scientists set to find out

An international ocean acoustic project has identified a network of over 200 non-military hydrophones in oceans across the world to study the impact