Cyclones made coral recovery quicker in Gulf of Mannar this year
Cyclonic disturbances between April and May in the Bay of Bengal caused massive destruction in West Bengal and Bangladesh in the form of Amphan in May this year. However, they…
How Rhizophora mangroves on Car Nicobar islands fought back a rapid sea-level rise in 2004 tsunami
In the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake-tsunami, as land sank and the sea suddenly rose at Car Nicobar Island, mangroves facing the land were unable to survive. But the abrupt disturbance did…
India’s first two ‘Tsunami Ready’ villages
Two coastal villages in Odisha have been declared the first two ‘Tsunami Ready’ villages in the Indian Ocean Region. While parts of the country are still coping with the COVID-19…
Chennai’s Adyar river shows signs of recovery after years of government investment
The long suffering residents of Chennai have been living with two dead rivers, the Adyar and the Cooum, flowing through the heart of their city. These two rivers meander sluggishly…
Mumbai flood breaches new frontiers
With 'unprecedented' being the mantra for 2020 events, the monsoon floods in India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, too, followed suit and reached areas that were never flooded before. South Mumbai was…
Low fish catch along India’s western coast hints at impacts of climate change
Fish catch from the western coast of India has declined, according to the Marine Fish Landings Report 2019 by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). Climate scientists attribute this…
Draft National Fisheries Policy seeks big growth but ignores fishers
Aiming to accelerate the development of the fisheries sector, the Indian government has released the draft National Fisheries Policy 2020 that intends to integrate all components -- marine and inland,…
As assembly election nears, Kerala government announces environmentally controversial projects
With Kerala all set to face yet another assembly election in the coming year (2021), a series of policy decisions taken by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, to clear…
How carbon cycles in Pichavaram mangroves
The Pichavaram mangroves in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, that had helped lessen the devastating impacts of the 2004 Asian tsunami in the region, capture and hold a…
How Mumbai’s fishers adapted in the lockdown, kept their sales alive
The members of Mumbai’s fishing community, the Koli community, have found a sustainable answer to their economic woes brought forth by the lockdown. The lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra…
