Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Environment - Briefs

Plastic-free planet: Protecting sanitation workers & wastepickers, just transition discussed on Day 2 of INC-3

UN chief underlines role of plastics in fuelling climate crisis

Plastic-free planet: Members struggle to reach consensus on rules of procedure

INC-2 decides Open-Ended Working Group; may delay negotiations

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science And Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

West Africa’s plastic waste could be fuelling the economy instead of polluting the ocean: Experts

Reluctant funding

Compromise on resources salvages CBD conference; marine protection gets big boost

Science and Technology - Briefs

Global Eco Watch: Drying Sea of Galilee swells after years of drought

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble

Annual extent of winter sea ice has stopped increasing and now we have had two years of record lows

Getting the bulletin right

EL Nino and the new challenges

Scientists gather in Greece to brainstorm ways to save world’s oceans

Marine life and mangroves face threat from plastic

News 360°-Brief

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

Seas surrounding Indian peninsula score 61, lower than global average

How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences

Phytoplankton blooms are, in some aspects, metronomes of the annual oceanic cycles around which many species’ biological clocks are synced …

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

Countries hope to bring BBNJ or High Seas treaty into force by 2025; only 2 have ratified it so far

India is yet to sign the treaty. However, it called on efforts for entry into force and implementation of the treaty at the G20 New Delhi Leaders&…

Plastic pellets on the beaches of Maharashtra: Should we be worried?

International Maritime Organization should classify plastic pellets as environmentally hazardous due to the chemicals that are added to them and …

Even temporary global warming above 2°C will affect life in the oceans for centuries

Changes in water temperatures found across all climate overshoot models, along with low oxygen levels decreasing viable ocean habitats

Indian Ocean as rich archive of history — above and below the water line

In the age of rising sea levels and climate change, all that is important to learn more about the sea from an ecological point of view