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 …
Cyclone Mandous to form December 7, will be slow-moving
There is also a chance of the storm system crossing over to the Arabian Sea, according to experts
Fish species found only in the Pacific, discovered in the Bay of Bengal
The flower scorpionfish that was found in 1929 in the sea off Japan, has now been found in Digha, West Bengal and Paradip in Odisha
Remains of Cyclone Tauktae: North India may be hit
Three people have died so far as the cyclone pounded parts of Gujarat, according to officials
Sea level rise is killing trees along the Atlantic coast, creating ‘ghost forests’ that are visible from space
Huge swaths of contiguous forest are dying. They’re now known in the scientific community as ‘ghost forests’
Change status of emperor penguins to ‘vulnerable’: Study
The iconic Antarctic bird needs more protection if it is to survive the rapid melting of sea ice due to global warming, it says
Climate change has affected every part of US: government report
This is the first time an analysis of climate change of this scope has come up in the Trump administration
Ancient 'dead seas' offer a stark warning for our own near future
These dead zones, smaller-scale revivals of the primeval oceans that existed before complex life, appear to be caused by poor land management, …
Cyclone Nilofar forms in Arabian Sea
Nilofar set to intensify further but will rapidly weaken before striking Gujarat-Pakistan coast on October 31
Coast Guard's oil clean-up bill: Rs 13 crore
The Indian Coast Guard has filed an initial multi-crore claim for its role in mopping up thousands of tonnes of oil spilt off Groat Nicobar …
Pied pipeline
Construction of a new oil terminal and a pipeline to Russia might affect the Black Sea ecology
Asian scientists on new plan to study monsoon patterns
Boiling Siberia shows temperature swings may be increasing: Experts
The warming of the Arctic, as seen by the Siberian heatwave, may also impact western disturbances in India
Hanging in balance: 64% of West African coast highly or very highly vulnerable, shows study
Socio-economic factors, especially human development activity, major contributor to vulnerability
Kerala on alert as Maha intensifies into super cyclone off its coast
Storm not likely to hit state directly
Another species extinct: This time the Yangtze giant soft shell turtle
The last surviving female dies in a Chinese zoo
Female turtle returns to Maldivian atoll to lay eggs, finds runway instead
The turtle laid her eggs on the runway of Maafaru airport itself, on Noonu Atoll
Climate change in India: Sinking chain of atolls in Lakshadweep
Coastal erosion and El Nio are slowly eating up India's most vulnerable archipelago
Saving steps
Dirt in the Sea
Tata helipad illegal
Right picture
Venice is sinking
Scientists at last find concrete proof - an eighteenth-century painting
Bacterial blot
Pathogens behind coral bleaching, say scientists
Avian disaster