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Fish meal and fish oil industries pose threat to the fishing sector in India

Haritha John 2 Jan 2020

Study explores recovery patterns of corals in Palk Bay after the 2016 bleaching event

Neha Jain 25 Dec 2019

Satellites help track ocean acidification in the Bay of Bengal

Sahana Ghosh 13 Dec 2019

Invasive bullfrog tadpoles devour native ones in the Andamans

Neha Jain 13 Dec 2019

Beached in Goa

Supriya Vohra 4 Dec 2019

Towards better prediction of coral bleaching

Aathira Perinchery 25 Nov 2019
Thresher sharks are targetted in shark fisheries across the world for their meat, liver oil and fins. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s latest assessment, 139 of the approximately 482 species of sharks found across the planet are threatened by overfishing. Photo by Bhanu Sridharan.

Twenty years in the making: Where is India’s National Plan of Action for shark fisheries?

Bhanu Sridharan 15 Nov 2019

What would happen if the oceans are completely covered with plastic?

Bhanu Sridharan 20 Aug 2019

Mumbai’s fishers relieved after courts pause the coastal road project

Nikhil S. Dixit 12 Aug 2019
Marine cleaners and client Moray and shrimp

Where do fish go for a spa?

Sejal Mehta 26 Jul 2019
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Citizen scientists to scout for wildflowers across four countries

Sahana Ghosh 17 Jul 2019

Seabird poop may enhance coral reef recovery after bleaching

Sahana Ghosh 11 Jul 2019

Microplastics and colourants found in mussels from India’s southeast coast

Neha Jain 25 Jun 2019

Your environment this week: India’s disappearing insects, tiger den in Veerappan’s lair, sand mining crisis

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2019

Indian research network on horseshoe crab takes wing as the living fossil battles threats

Sahana Ghosh 12 Jun 2019

What is seagrass?

Sandhya Sekar 4 Jun 2019

Female seagrass flowers uncoil to reach pollen in undersea saga

Sandhya Sekar 4 Jun 2019
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Your environment this week: Punjab farmers’ widows contest elections, Ganga is shifting at Patna

Mongabay.com 17 May 2019

Creatures from Mumbai’s shore and their housing stories

Sejal Mehta 13 May 2019

Vhali Watcher: An app to set whale sharks free

Vasudevan Sridharan 7 May 2019