Understanding oceans: Why UNESCO wants to map 80% of the world‘s seabed

A total funding of $5 billion (over Rs 37,600 crore) will be required for the project.

We did our bit

Amongst the tsunami-affected in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Mission impossible

Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka traverses the snag-infested path to disaster management

Documentary on post-tsunami situation in Sri Lanka

History in a sheet of sand

Japan earthquake triggers Fukushima meltdown fear

The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at 6.9, down from an initial 7.3

A house for the islander

Illogical plans for post-tsunami housing on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands omen trouble

PMO exposes system slip-up

Blocks Tamil Nadu's mega Sethusamudram project, cleared by other agencies

Science after the tsunami

South Asia

Flaws in India's tsunami warning system

South Asia

Robots to retrieve radioactive remnants from Fukushima, other retired nuclear plants

The £12 million 'LongOps' project is a collaboration between Japan and UK

Natural disasters cost $232 bln in 2019

At a loss of $2.98 tln, 2009-2019 was the costliest decade

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Slow relief

Warning Stop Tsunami Stop

Undersea telecom cables could soon help avoid such disasters

In transit

Commercial ships provide better tsunami warnings

Holes in the wood

Controversial study overturns claims that mangrove forests are shields against tsunamis

Tsunami effect: compensation to victims stalled

Earthquake in Odisha leaves one dead, many injured

About 34 villages of two districts in the state are tsunami prone

Trouble's back door entry

Nicobar megapode in serious trouble, faces extinction

Bird species found only in Nicobar Islands take a plunge

Butterflies brought by tsunami threaten Andaman's ecology

Rs 21 crore blunder