Oceans of evidence

ARGENTINA

Chemical waste

Keeping watch

Kursk's nuclear danger

Protecting seals

Fishy consignment

There's a catch

50 years of dropping catches

A new chain

Seabirds’ feeding pattern linked to fishing boats  

Why climate change is making it harder to monitor marine pollution

Warming of oceans means that the plants and organisms used as warning systems for pollution are being rendered ineffective

Scientists revive approximately 50,000-year-old ‘zombie virus’ from frozen lake in Russia

When permafrost melts, bacteria, viruses and radioactive materials, trapped in its frigid layers for thousands of years may also be released

Govt finalising a national policy on the blue economy: Jitendra Singh

The policy envisages the optimal utilisation of all sectors of the maritime domain for sustainable development of coastal areas

Draft fisheries subsidies agreement will negatively impact developing nations: Experts

Developing nations have some wins at the Ministerial Conference but developed nations benefit most  

Iridescent Skin: New book explores role of cage diving in demystifying, conserving white sharks

Raj Sekhar Aich explores the fraught relationship between humans an sharks through cage-diving experience in this intimate account

20 years of talks later, half the Earth’s surface area to have binding environment treaty

United Nations members negotiate instrument under UN Convention on Law of the Sea to conserve, sustainably use marine biological diversity of …

New study shows that big mammals suffer brain damage in captivity

Caging large mammals and putting them on display is undeniably cruel from a neural perspective, it says

Mumbai Coastal Road: Pathway to ruin

On July 16, the Bombay High Court ordered that construction on the $1.7 billion Mumbai Coastal Road, to be built by reclaiming the city’s …

How water flows across continents

Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs has created graphic maps of watersheds across the world. His works can be found here.

Ocean acidification ‘changing’ marine biodiversity

Study sheds light on how excess carbon dioxide in oceans is affecting marine species and in turn the global food chain

Kerala HC upholds ban on export of shark fin

India may not have killed sharks in a “genocidal proportion” ever, but ecological balance demands zero tolerance, says the court

Goa: can it strike a balance between environment and development?

Promoting eco-friendly tourism and reviving mining without harming environment are major challenges

After Great Barrier Reef, bleaching kills 70 per cent of Japan’s coral reef

Coral in the Sekisei lagoon in Okinawa has turned dark brown and is covered with algae, according to a government study

I spent the past seven years counting white sharks – the findings are troubling

South Africa’s white shark population faced a rapid decline in the last generation and their numbers are too low to ensure their survival

Cancer cells are getting transmitted from one marine species to another

Infectious cancer cells found in carpet shell clam were traced back to a completely different species