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Warmer subsurface waters in Bay of Bengal likely fuelled Amphan super cyclone: Study

This shows a link between marine heatwaves and cyclones, say experts

Book Excerpt: India ignored its aqua ‘geography of histories’, favouring the terra

For a great many people even today, the sea is a very distant object

Ocean carbon observing system inadequate and immature: Report

The Ocean Observing System Report Card, 2022 report card pointed at inequality in the operational services across the oceans like Indian Ocean, …

UN Ocean Conference: Experts call for ending policy blindspot to avert ‘ocean emergency’

Developing countries seek more funds; island nations team up against deep-sea mining  

Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution

RNA viruses can cause deadly diseases. But they also play a vital role in ecosystems because they can infect a wide array of organisms, including …

Oceans cool the planet by releasing short-lived halogens that contribute 8-10 per cent of cooling: Study

Cooling by halogens could increase to 18-31 per cent by 2100 which has not been accounted yet by climate models

Africa’s oceans are being protected to serve the interests of big foreign corporates

Oceans offer a wide range of important resources crucial to the continent’s economy and food security

UN member states agreed on the first international treaty to protect the high seas

The UN High Seas Treaty is a framework to protect the world’s oceans by bringing them under protected areas. The treaty is designed to …

IPCC climate report: Profound changes are underway in Earth’s oceans and ice – a lead author explains what the warnings mean

As a result of human activities, the planet is changing at a rate unprecedented for at least thousands of years. These changes are affecting …

Caribbean countries growing at the cost of their ocean: report

The Caribbean Sea is a crucial resource for the 40 million people who inhabit the region’s small island states

It's time to speak up about noise pollution in the oceans

Noise is the "forgotten pollutant", but the good news is that unlike many other pollutants it can be switched off if we try

Making waves: the tsunami risk in Australia

Australia is surrounded by ocean, so it is not immune to the effects of tsunamis. But how significant is the risk?

Recycling carbon

Heat content in oceans doubled in 10 years, finds study

Earth’s oceans have absorbed 90 per cent of the heat from global warming

Sea cucumbers most frequently trafficked marine species in India between 2015 and 2021: Analysis

Tamil Nadu recorded the highest number of marine wildlife seizures between 2015 and 2021, according to an analysis by Wildlife Conservation …

Perfect storm: What is the Fujiwhara Effect?

The world is seeing a rise in cyclonic formations and in cases of cyclones merging to form megacyclones, courtesy warming oceans

Sinking cities: Two ways to fight land subsidence

Artificial recharge and deep soil mixing are two techniques showing promise in rescuing sinking cities

Big business, children join Oceans Day celebration

The presence of big business representatives at the conference is significant to ensure their participation in ocean protection

It is time we protect our oceans

Oceans also drive the climate, and most importantly, they act as a buffer against climate change

Death metal: how nickel played a role in the world's worst mass extinction

A new study unravels evidence of a link between the genesis of nickel and the onset of the Great Dying some 250 million years ago

Biomonitors for pollution

Seaweeds could act as indicators of heavy metal pollution in sea

Science & Technology - Briefs

Whales and dolphins now have legal personhood in the Pacific — but one treaty won’t be enough to protect them

The treaty was formed by Pacific Indigenous leaders from Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Aotearoa (New Zealand) & Tonga

Missed opportunity: UN session to save biodiversity in high seas ends without consensus

Treaty would have led to rules for protecting marine biodiversity in 2/3 of the world’s ocean areas outside national jurisdictions