Arctic sea ice cover hits its worst record for 2018

It is the sixth lowest ice cover ever, says NASA

Madagascar emerges as hotspot for endangered whale sharks

85 juvenile sharks visited various spots of the island nation’s coast in a single season, says study

Africa: The least responsible, but most vulnerable to climate change

More than 2,000 natural disasters have hit Africa since 1970 affecting 500 million people and killing 0.9 million

Irma and Harvey: very different storms, but both affected by climate change

This hurricane season sea temperatures have been persistently 1-2℃ above normal over the tropical Atlantic Ocean, which allowed stronger storms …

Tamil Nadu deploying artificial reefs to save sinking islands

Deploying artificial reefs parallel to the sinking islands reduces the effect of currents and natural corals fuse over time to start regeneration

Great Pacific Garbage Patch ‘much larger’ than earlier estimated

The garbage patch is largely made up of tiny bits of plastic trapped by ocean currents

Rising ocean temperatures will lead to sharp decline in marine productivity, says study

According to the study, the rapid warming of the Indian Ocean has reduced the phytoplankton population by a fifth in the past 60 years

A crab’s coup strategy

Control reproduction of competing species

Coconut cousins

DNA analysis shows coconuts have two different origins

Noxious ways?

Pollution from Africa and Indonesia reaches Indian Ocean region in monsoon transition periods

The saga of Diego Garcia's Chagossian evacuees

How Diego Garcia became a US military base

Scientists project path of radiation plume from Japan's nuclear reactors

Wave energy could prove to be more steady, cheaper renewable energy source

Power generated by waves can be can be forecast with a high degree of accuracy without much variability for hours at a time, which is a huge …

Dead fish litter seashore in Qatar

Microplastics again: Report flags threat to marine environment along Kanyakumari coast

Pollutants dog remote beaches, marine ports apart from touristy destinations: Bharatidasan University study

Mauritius is reeling from a spreading oil spill – and people are angry with how the government has handled it

The recent Beirut tragedy — a deadly explosion of ammonium nitrate in long-term port storage — and now this Mauritius incident raise …

With leaking ship breaking apart, Mauritius heading for ‘catastrophe’

When it breaks, the MV Wakashio could leak 2,500 tonnes more, of oil into the ocean

Recent rains due to western disturbances pointer to greater climate malaise

While it has rained heavily in certain districts, there has been none in others

Study shows how Arctic sea ice loss accelerates permafrost thaw

Research finds that Arctic permafrost thawed in the past as well when there was no sea ice, leading to global temperature rise

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Earth’s last magnetic field flip lasted 22,000 years: Study

The most recent magnetic field reversal happened some 770,000 years ago and is named Matuyama-Brunhes after the scientists who discovered it

Renewable energy use is growing, but at a slow pace

New report notes that renewable energy is mostly being used in the power sector

As you sow, so shall you reap: sea-level rise in Pacific puts US military assets at risk

Rapidly rising sea level might force a climate-sceptic regime to rethink its policies and safeguard lives and security assets

Hurricanes, wildfires further endanger these threatened species in US, Caribbean

With extreme climate events showing no signs of ebbing, preservation of species can no longer be left to the whims of nature