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There is an urgent need to develop a more resilient and capable observing system to factor in the accelerating pace of climatic and oceanic change. Photo by Blueocean/Wikimedia Commons.

Improved monitoring proposed in the Indian Ocean as climatic and oceanic changes increase

Sahana Ghosh 7 May 2021
Mangrove plantation at Kampong Jawa Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Photo by Irwandi Wancaleu/Wikimedia Commons.

Mapping future hotspots of carbon dioxide emissions from mangrove loss

Sahana Ghosh 28 Apr 2021

Predatory European ships push Indian Ocean tuna to the brink

Malavika Vyawahare 19 Apr 2021
Bulaceros newcannorum Dixit, 2021. Photo from the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE).

New marine flatworm from rare group discovered from the coral atolls of Lakshadweep

Neha Jain 14 Apr 2021
Rani Varghese, a Kochi native, works out the mangroves carbon sequestration potential. Photo by Hari Praved.

Kochi’s disappearing mangroves lock away significant carbon

Sahana Ghosh 7 Apr 2021

Industries violating coastal zone law can now get away with paying compensation

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2021

Eating shark meat might be normal in India but it could have an adverse impact

Supriya Vohra 22 Feb 2021

Alcohol bottle waste: A transparent problem in Goa’s beaches

Pamela D'Mello 12 Feb 2021

[Commentary] Is the Budget’s infrastructure push green?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 5 Feb 2021

Arabian Sea needs to be closely monitored for future storms: Study

Varsha Torgalkar 30 Oct 2020
Heaps of masks were found along with other biomedical waste on Rushikonda beach seabed. Photo courtesy- Platypus Escapes, Visakhapatnam.

Discarded single-use plastic masks and gloves are choking ocean beds

Nalini Ravichandran 29 Oct 2020

Cyclones made coral recovery quicker in Gulf of Mannar this year

Ankita Sengupta 31 Aug 2020

How Rhizophora mangroves on Car Nicobar islands fought back a rapid sea-level rise in 2004 tsunami

Sahana Ghosh 27 Aug 2020
The coastline juxtaposed to Noliasahi village.

India’s first two ‘Tsunami Ready’ villages

Manish Kumar 26 Aug 2020

Chennai’s Adyar river shows signs of recovery after years of government investment

Nina Varghese 22 Aug 2020

Mumbai flood breaches new frontiers

Tanvi Deshpande 12 Aug 2020

Low fish catch along India’s western coast hints at impacts of climate change

Kapil Kajal 3 Aug 2020

Draft National Fisheries Policy seeks big growth but ignores fishers

Supriya Vohra 21 Jul 2020

As assembly election nears, Kerala government announces environmentally controversial projects

K.A. Shaji 14 Jul 2020

How carbon cycles in Pichavaram mangroves

Sahana Ghosh 24 Jun 2020