8th cyclone formed in the North Indian Ocean region

Pawan joins Kyarr, Fani, Maha, Vayu, Hikaa, Bulbul and Pabuk; to cross Somalia on December 7

How climate change is altering air travel

Rising tides, icy air, melting permafrost and air that is too hot for take-off are challenging aviation as the world warms

Study of ancient eclipses can unveil past climate trends

Climate scientists can infer the average sea level that may have happened many lakhs of years ago from measurements of radioisotopes derived from …

Hidden wonders of India

For the first time, a book comprehensively collates all scientific streams about the natural history of the Indian subcontinent. Down To Earth …

Mangrove forests help protect against rising sea level, says study

Studies have shown mangroves have the ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere and protect people from hazards 

Rising sea level poses risk to green turtle habitation in Australia

Scientists have become concerned that only 10 per cent of eggs are producing turtles on Raine Island compared to 90 per cent elsewhere

Arabian Sea likely to host Tropical Cyclone Nilofar

After a long time, significant cyclonic activity is possible in the Arabian Sea; people in Bhuj coast of Gujarat need to follow weather updates

The shrinking sea

Central Asian states wrangle over water use, even as the world's 4th-largest inland waterbody dries up

"Every ninth baby here suffers brain damage"

A woman with a mission. ORAL ATANVFAZOVA, at 39, finds herself in the midst of a salvage operation aimed at providing succour to the teeming …

Arctic Sea ice saw largest decline in 41 years in July 2019: NCPOR

Loss of ice cover in the Arctic Sea has had strong effects on components of climate system, such as reduction of heat and momentum, water vapour &…

What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet?

It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise

To protect endangered sharks and rays, scientists are mapping these species’ most important locations

Sharks and their relatives need human help to survive and maintain their important biological roles in the ocean

How to face a rising sea? Maldives bets on artificial islands

About 80% of Maldive’s coral islands are less than one metre above sea level

Kenya’s coast is losing huge amounts of seagrass. But all isn’t lost

The future is bright since the capacity in seagrass research has grown over the years

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Erythraean Sea: Why Rubymar’s sinking in the southern Red could be an environmental catastrophe

The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden support a rich biological diversity with a distinct high proportion of endemic species, according to the UNEP

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’