Ocean
- India
UK to send warships to Indian Ocean: Defence Secy
London: The UK government on Wednesday unveiled plans to deploy Royal Navy warships to the Indian Ocean region later this year to operate and train with Indian forces, signalling what it described…
- Opinions
Nations sign UN High Seas Treaty for Ocean; Is one needed for space debris?
Vast stretches of open ocean cover two-thirds of the globe and the entire space surrounding our earth is virtually no man’s land. There are hardly any rules or regulations applying to the…
- World
WRI, GEF to host Secretariat to preserve world’s 30% land, ocean by 2030
Montreal: The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People has announced the formation of a new permanent Secretariat to be co-hosted by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Global Environment…
- Science
India’s defunct surveillance satellite RISAT-2 hits Indian Ocean near Jakarta
Chennai: India’s defunct Radar Imaging Satellite-2 (RISAT-2) re-entered the earth atmosphere on October 30 in an uncontrolled manner and hit the Indian Ocean near Jakarta, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The…
- Science
SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy for the first time since 2019
San Francisco: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful active rocket, into space once again after over three years. According to CNET, on November 1 at 9.43 a.m.…
- World
UNESCO launches new State of the Ocean Report
Lisbon: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published a flagship report on the state of the world’s oceans. The first edition of UNESCO’s “State of the Ocean Report”…
- Science
Researchers reveal decline of diatoms due to ocean acidification
Kiel: A new study shows an unexpected negative impact of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) on important plankton groups. The findings of the research were published in the journal ‘Nature’. While calcifying organisms like…
- Science
Scientists find climate change can actually accelerate ocean currents
San Diego: An international team led by researchers from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California used computer modelling simulations to discover that climate change is altering the mechanics…
- Science
Saturn’s Death Star moon hides an underground ‘stealth’ ocean
New Delhi: Scientists have discovered an underground ocean buried beneath the surface of the Death Star-like moon of Saturn, paving the way for a new class of “stealth” ocean worlds with possible…