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Experimenting with artificial reefs to protect marine ecosystems

Aishwarya Mohanty 12 Feb 2025

[Explainer] What are fish refugia?

Kundan Pandey 24 Jan 2025
Scientists place a portable climate observatory, across an open-water lead in the Arctic in December 2020. Image by Lianna Nixon-Alfred-Wegener Institut via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

[Commentary] The risk of a potential circulation change in the Atlantic adds to climate worries

C.P. Rajendran 21 Nov 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

Marine fisheries policy moving against the current of scientific recommendations

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2024

Why south Tamil Nadu received record-breaking rain during the northeast monsoon

Laasya Shekhar 10 Jan 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

Varying levels of microplastics detected in sea salt produced across India

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 5 Apr 2023

Unpacking the presence of microplastics in the Bay of Bengal

Sahana Ghosh 25 Aug 2022
Image shows plasic containers in a trash heap

Dumped plastic containers lead to mosquito abundance on the Lakshadweep islands

Sahana Ghosh 10 Aug 2022
Avicennia marina, more commonly known as grey mangroves or white mangroves. Photo by Dinesh Valke/ Wikimedia Commons.

Successful model of development in tandem with mangrove restoration

T. V. Padma 21 Jul 2022

Concerns over increased whale shark stranding along Andhra Pradesh’s coast

Almaas Masood 15 Jul 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
Image shows aquaculture farms in Sundarbans

[Commentary] Is expansion of aquaculture in the Indian Sundarbans an ecological threat or a pathway to sustainable development?

Shaberi Das, Sugata Hazra 20 Apr 2022
Fishing in the Bay of Bengal. Photo by Nayeem Siddiquee/Wikimedia Commons.

Broaden understanding of marine heatwaves in the Indian Ocean: Experts

Sahana Ghosh 23 Feb 2022
Sea snakes caught as bycatch. Photo by Chetan Rao.

Sea snakes along Konkan coast imperilled by bycatch, lack of enforcement of fishery regulations

Rupsy Khurana 14 Jan 2022

Goa’s pilot seaweed farm explores viability of this climate-smart algae

Cordelia B. Francis 28 Oct 2021

Blue whale songs recorded off Lakshadweep coast

Sahana Ghosh 20 Aug 2021

Coral transplantation helps, but not the only solution

Supriya Vohra 18 Aug 2021
A view of the lagoon from Kiltan Island in Lakshadweep. The coral boundary can be seen on the horizon due to low tide. Photo by Aysha Jennath.

Safeguard Lakshadweep islands from future sea-level rise: study

Sahana Ghosh 10 Jun 2021