Polar potential

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After hottest May, Earth records hottest June of 21st century

Rise in temperature primarily because of warm ocean waters

No respite for Ridleys

Turtle excluder devices can reduce turtle deaths. But a web of politics and government laxity prevents their use

Capturing the monsoons

It's a season that inspires and engages everyone, from the farmer to the policy maker. From the scientist to the travel writer. From the …

India jumps to fourth place in computing capacity for weather forecasting

The super computer, Pratyush will help in major improvements in various services offered by institutions under the Ministry of Earth Sciences for …

Odisha: ravaged by drought till September; cyclone, floods in October

Is it climate change?

Earthquake in Indonesia triggers tsunami fear in India

Centre for ocean information services later withdraws tsunami warning for Andaman and Nicobar islands

Sea ice helped control atmospheric carbon around 14,500 yrs ago: Study

Seasonal growth and destruction of sea ice enhanced the amount of marine life, which drew carbon from atmosphere, researchers found 

Steep decline in predatory fish population in past 40 years, says study

Humans reduced the biomass of predatory by two-third in just one century; decline hastened in the 1970s

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If not now

Then when?

73,556,000

How well do we know our ocean?

Go under

Or, follow coastal regulations

What? Why?

Our disaster preparedness

Getting the bulletin right

EL Nino and the new challenges

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Nano technology enables scientists to study migrations of Pied Cuckoo

The project is the first to study the species, which is closely linked to the arrival of the south west monsoon in India

Australia says no to protecting Japanese whale hunters

Does not buy country’s argument that it is whaling for scientific reasons

Killing dust

African dust clouds cause red tides that kill millions of fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Win against waste colonialism: US group pledges restorative action after taking back ‘harmful’ report

A 2015 report by US-based Ocean Conservancy blamed 5 Asian countries for plastic waste

Changing basic nature

Countries move from labs to seas to study the implications of ocean acidification

It's El Nino

The maverick child has brought about weather changes that threaten the unique ecosystem of Galapagos Islands

Global warming has reached remote Greenland ice sheets

New study shows temperatures in Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least a 1,000 years

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