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marine litter beach vizag

Creating a blueprint for cleaner oceans

T. V. Padma 21 Feb 2025

[Explainer] What are fish refugia?

Kundan Pandey 24 Jan 2025
taxonomist jini jacob documents meiofauna nematodes

Indian taxonomist forays into the uncharted waters of meiofauna

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jan 2025

Storing carbon in the form of gas hydrates deep under water

T. V. Padma 19 Jun 2024
Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction

Scientists to set sail to revive Indian Ocean observations hit by COVID-19

Max Martin 2 May 2024
Photo by Jayne Doucette/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 

Analysing the history of the Indian Ocean with past cruise records and sediment cores

Sahana Ghosh 1 Dec 2023
A yellowfin tuna.

European Union’s collusion with fishing lobbies is damaging the Indian Ocean tuna, say critics

Malavika Vyawahare 10 Apr 2023

[Interview] Purnima Jalihal on the evolution and future of ocean energy systems in India

Sahana Ghosh and Priyanka Shankar 24 Feb 2023

Deep-sea mining efforts gear up to meet clean energy demands amid concerns

Priyanka Shankar 26 Oct 2022
Image shows a black and white image of cyclone Bhola

[Explainer] What are tropical cyclones? How are they formed?

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Jun 2022
The vast expanse of roiling grey clouds advances from the Arabian sea and makes landfall in Kerala, around the first week of June, kickstarting the southwest monsoon season. Photo by Anoop Joy/ Flickr.

[Explainer] How does the Indian monsoon develop?

Anusha Krishnan 30 May 2022

[Explainer] What factors affect the Indian summer monsoon?

Anusha Krishnan 29 Apr 2022

India needs more conservation-relevant research on sharks and rays

Neha Jain 22 Mar 2022

Demand for sea cucumbers turns India-Sri Lanka waters into trafficking hotspot

Malaka Rodrigo, Pragati Prava 11 Feb 2022

Newly declared dugong conservation reserve will help protect marine biodiversity

K.A. Shaji 12 Jan 2022

High-flying dragons: how the globe skimmer migrates across the Indian Ocean

Neha Jain 10 Nov 2021
An aqua farm in Andhra Pradesh

Fish markets in India driven by bycatch and sustained by subsidies

Monika Mondal 13 Oct 2021

Millions of seahorses caught as bycatch in Indian shores

Neha Jain 26 Jul 2021

India’s deep seabed mining plans gear up for a dive

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Jul 2021

[Commentary] Conserving marine ecosystems through the Wild Life Protection Act is not very effective

Shivani Swami 10 Jun 2021