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INA's four-day training camps, 'Varuna' and 'Samudramanthan', concluded with 171 cadets, including 15 international trainees, testing their physical and mental strength. Activities included endurance runs, small arms firing, construction of rafts, obstacle courses, rowing and open ocean sailing. On the last day, cadets participated in a quadrathlon and a campfire.…

Years of almost non-stop marine heatwaves are stressing New Zealand’s kelp forests. But as we show in our new research, ongoing ocean warming is only one of several threats to these unique and important coastal seaweed ecosystems.

Space agency said potential finding of dimethyl sulfide on K2-18 b, produced only by life on Earth, is yet to be confirmed

As the U.S. races to build offshore wind power projects that will transform coastlines from Maine to South Carolina, much remains unknown about how the facilities could affect the environment

Why did a scientific research institute partner with a rogue submersible company?

Climate phenomena in India this year demonstrate complexity of precipitation system. Western disturbance, El Niño, and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) all affect monsoon, green water, and blue water, impacting food and water security. Central India's highlands are climate change hotspots, with water stress, declining monsoon, and increased intensity of rain…

Countries threatened by rising sea levels are asking a tribunal to decide on responsibility for pollution of the marine environment

The discovery was quite interesting because, although such spherules are distributed globally, it is not easy to recover them from the depths of the ocean bed – requiring a dredging operation with a powerful magnet.

Ancient coastal habitats adapted as the last glacial period ended, and a recent study (Nature) predicts how they will change with sea level rise this century. Rising temperatures will cause instability and profound changes to coastal ecosystems, such as tidal marshes, mangrove forests, coral reefs and coral islands. These habitats…

Friendly tip: this course is best enjoyed late in the day, with the sun setting out over the Pacific Ocean.

Experts say that Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology