Researchers have identified between 25 and 80 darkwave events along New Zealand’s East Cape since 2002. Many were associated with powerful storms and large-scale weather systems.
Grooves in rock formations of Jaisalmer are believed to be trails of marine worms that once wriggled along ocean floor, says study by scientists at Jodhpur's Jai Narain Vyas University.
India scored 0/100 in management of marine protected areas and protection of marine species, in index compiled by Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability & Climate Change and BioDB.com.
Oxygen produced in the absence of sunlight is called ‘dark oxygen’. The discovery calls into question how life on Earth began. Also, dark oxygen can support seafloor ecosystems.
Researchers study impact of intense cold waves by analysing an episode off South African coast in 2021. These events increased in intensity between 1981 and 2022, they find.
Identifying problems and their scale is a key part of efforts to safeguard marine environments, and several innovations are being developed to harvest ocean data.
Carbon Kapture’s seaweed farm can scale up to 250 hectares and grow around 11,000 tonnes of seaweed per year, which will boost biodiversity & water quality.
Insensitive to climate change, mariculture can use finfish and shellfish farms to increase availability of healthy and sustainable meat, US study finds.
Microplastics, industrial and agricultural waste being dumped into the Cauvery are causing hypoxic conditions in the river’s waters, harming marine life.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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