Subduing the bulldozer

For centuries, the Dutch have been trying to keep their heads over water by barricading out the sea and the rivers. But there comes a point when …

Fishing in Troubled Waters

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

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 …

Rulers of the waves

Oceans may run out of fish population in 50 years

Fish might die in the next fifty years, or will they?

Inhumanly polluted

Away from human interference, the virgin Arctic islands are, ironically, more polluted than the distant industrialised settlements. And the …

Sourcing Shompens

Hunter-gatherers of Great Nicobar yield evolutionary clues

Indian scientists return with rare plant samples from Arctic

The sinking debate

The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications

The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

The saga of Diego Garcia's Chagossian evacuees

How Diego Garcia became a US military base

The great Pacific garbage patch

Shadowy presence

A haze of pollutants, the size of the US, covers a part of the Indian Ocean sky creating fears of acid rain, low rainfall and a change in …

The great Indian monsoon and its friends

A look at the association between the southwest monsoon and its companions

No respite for Ridleys

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

Beyond Tsunami

Time to focus on preventing the next disaster

Arctic rush driven by desire to control hydrocarbon deposits, shipping routes

Future shock

As the world continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the global temperatures could rise by 3°C by mid-century, says a soon-to-…

Bead's eye view

Glass beads reveal ancient Indian Ocean trade networks

Underwater ship graves

Seventy years after the largest seaborne invasion in history, World War II shipwrecks still pose environmental risks

Science drowns at land's end

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 …

Geopolitics

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