Stop making plastic, green activists demand at Busan meet

Activists from Break Free From Plastic, a global movement envisioning a plastic-free future, also called on countries to stop exporting plastic waste

Missed opportunity: UN session to save biodiversity in high seas ends without consensus

Treaty would have led to rules for protecting marine biodiversity in 2/3 of the world’s ocean areas outside national jurisdictions

Price of seafood spikes in coastal Odisha due to annual two-month fishing ban

Odisha observes a two-month ban on trawling and mechanised fishing every year to help sea fish spawn

Illegal fishing in Gahirmatha: 3 forest guards allege injury in mid-sea assault

Crew members of fishing trawler attack forest guards when asked not to fish in the sanctuary, 9 arrested  

Climate crisis may destroy aquatic food systems — and livelihoods, economies

Much of Africa, South and Southeast Asia as well as the Indo-Pacific under high to very high risk under high-emissions, no-mitigation …

World Tuna Day 2021: Tuna conservation is in humanity’s interests

The conservation of tuna helps in improving the marine ecosystem; the long-term sustainability of tuna and its relatives can only come from …

Whale shark caught in fishing net in Odisha, released into Bay of Bengal

Forest officials are keeping an eye on the shoreline at night in case it beaches again 

How 6 fast-growing Asian countries consume plastic packaging

New report on China, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia

List of threatened species gets longer a year before prevention target

International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List shows that every fifth species is threatened with extinction

Two gharials spotted in Kosi river in Bihar after half a century

A team of scientists found in Saharsa district an adult and a juvenile gharial, which they believe belong to the endangered resident population …

Indian shark researcher gets global recognition

Divya Karnad, a marine biologist working on shark conservation, has been chosen for a global award to work on such holistic conservation programme

Why eat plastic?

New research reveals animals and marine species consume plastic debris because it smells and looks like a delicious meal

Coral bleaching comes to the Great Barrier Reef as record-breaking global temperatures continue

Rapidly warming ocean temperatures present a serious threat to coral reefs, the world’s most biologically diverse ecosystems

Rising ocean temperatures will lead to sharp decline in marine productivity, says study

According to the study, the rapid warming of the Indian Ocean has reduced the phytoplankton population by a fifth in the past 60 years

Coast Guard mops up another oil spill

The oil pipeline burst at Bombay High exposes maintenance lapses and highlights the urgent need for environment management plans to tackle such …

Scales out of balance

A United Nations conference reveals the sense of desperate urgency concerning the oceans' rapidly depleting fish stocks

Fish in troubled waters

Several fish species in Kerala are threatened by overfishing and the release of effluents in the coastal waters

Science & Technology - Briefs

Dead fish litter seashore in Qatar

Virus-resistant maize in the making

Ocean litter is making these researchers sail around the world

A scientific sailing expedition is out at sea to assess plastic pollution in the oceans and raise awareness about the dangers of this non-…

Our oceans are in deep trouble — a ‘mountains to sea’ approach could make a real difference

An ecosystem approach can potentially reconcile conflicts between different user groups

As told to Parliament (March 22, 2021): 3% of India’s COVID-19 cases among tribals

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Conservation of natural resources must be at the centre of development plans

Political will is needed to address marine pollution and climate change in Africa

Sea of chemicals