Age no bar

Mercury can affect even adolescent brains

Goodbye Indian mermaid

Brown oil and silvery sheen

DAHR JAMAIL visited Louisiana fisheries on harvest day but found the catch sordid

Mumbai oil spill: threat to marine life, coast

Authorities shrug off questions about liability

Offshore windfarms could offer new habitats for lobsters – new research

Increasing scour rocks might help to increase ecological value and maximise fishing opportunities within these sites

State of the Global Climate report: 58% of ocean suffered at least one marine heatwave event in 2022

Around 25% of ocean surface also affected by marine cold spells

By the whiskers

Shelling out remedies

Marine organisms like bivalves hold cures for viral diseases

Fisherfolk demand lifting of ban on sea cucumber fishing

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The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from devastating ocean heat

As water temperatures spiked in Florida Keys, scientists, coral reef restoration groups and government agencies launched an emergency response to …

‘Marine Protected Areas must be evaluated for effectiveness’

At present, focus is only on coverage; quality and effectiveness not assessed, point out experts

Marine pollution, coastal development: Coral reefs need to be saved

Coral reefs face mounting threats: 10% of them have degraded across the globe, another 30% may disappear within next 20 years 

Winds of change

El Nio, a weather phenomenon caused by a complex interaction between atmospheric and oceanic conditions has ushered in drought, forest fires and …

Eyeing the coastlines

Further dilution of the rules safeguarding the Indian coastal ecosystem has just been proposed. Under the guise of providing land to poor …

Sharks in soup

India goes against world in not banning shark fin trade

Hole hazards

Way to oblivion

That's where the Asian sea horses might be headed

Cold diversity

Antarctica's larval diversity can warn us of the effects of climate change

Oceanic treasures

Marine life is a source for future medicines

According to reports

Troubled waters

Microplastics, microbeads: What you did not know about self-care products

Bureau of Indian Standards in 2017 proposed a ban on raw materials not recognised safe for use in cosmetics from 2020. The status of the ban is&…

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