Spurt in tourism spelling disaster for beaches in Sri Lanka

While the government sets a target of 2.5 million tourists in 2016, it is yet to focus on preventing beaches from becoming a dump yard

Five star emergency

World’s beaches are changing because of climate change — green thinking is needed to save them

A two-metre increase in sea levels by 2100 may lead to forced migration of between 72 million and 187 million people  

Coastal flyway to flatten 16 villages

Rs 500 crore road will cater to cars that comprise one-fifth the traffic

Home coming

After initial doubts over whether the turtles would retain Orissa as the site of their annual nesting exercise, the reptiles return for the …

High exposure, no risk

The harbour divide

New fish landing centre in Puducherry raises concerns of coastal erosion, farming loss

Shifting sands of (mal) development

Rs 21 crore blunder

Court reins in Goa coast violations

Panchayats pulled up for inaction

Blocking the sea

A fishy remedy

The coast is not clear

A new report paints a grim picture of the world's coastal areas

Bureaucracy on the beach

Playing with sea

Flouting laws, over 90 hotels have mushroomed on what once was a pristine beach in West Bengal

Shells for safer seas

Japan's scientists harbour the oyster's impressive cleaning powers to keep beaches clean

According to Report

Illegal buildings trigger erosion, threaten Puri beach

Sun, sea and garbage

Perilous port

Proposed seaport in Vizhinjam can spell disaster for fishers, tourism and biodiversity in Kerala

Food wrappers overtake cigarette butts as beach litter: Report

A record 4,771,602 food wrappers picked up in a single day by 943,195 volunteers of environmental advocacy group Ocean Conservancy across …

Nowhere to nest

Olive Ridleys jostle for space at the shrinking Gahirmatha beach in Odisha

Fishers at bay

When it was introduced in 1991, Coastal Regulation Zone was a blanket notification to protect India's coast and fisherfolk. In 17 years, it was …

Toxic blue jellyfish found floating on Austalian beaches

Guam makes beach monitoring signs compulsory