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Olive ridley hatchlings at Rushikulya. They are especially vulnerable due to their size and limited strength, and face a myriad of threats on their seaward journey. Image by Aliva Sahoo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plastic litter and ghost nets threaten olive ridley hatchlings

Phalguni Ranjan 27 Apr 2026

Partially bleached coral reefs in the waters near Elephant beach in the Andaman islands. Image by Harvinder Chandigarh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India needs a marine litter policy as plastic waste chokes corals

T. V. Padma 19 Sep 2025

‘Animal Forests’ of Kerala’s rocky reefs with soft corals and solitary hard corals. Photo by Umeed Mistry

Traditional raft fishing threatened as reefs choke on plastic

Max Martin, John Bennet 12 Feb 2024

Barnacles on a plastic bottle found on the beach. Photo by Gunasekaran Kannan

Marine debris transporting invasive species along the southeastern coast

Max Martin 11 Oct 2023