ocean

The Government of India's vision of 'New India' highlights the Blue Economy as one of the ten core dimensions of growth.(Reuters/ Representational photo)
South Asia

Samudrayaan: India's first mission to send humans 6,000 metres deep in ocean

With the launch of the unique ocean mission 'Samudrayaan' in October 2021, India joined the elite club of nations such as the US, Russia, Japan, France, and China to have niche technology...

UN Secretary General António Guterres. UNB
Environment

UN chief says oceans in state of ‘emergency’

American actor and environmental activist Jason Momoa makes an appearance at a Portuguese Carcavelos beach ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, 26 June, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Splash

On and off screen, Aquaman's Jason Momoa fights for world's oceans

Karin Sinniger holds the world record for scuba diving in the most countries, 180 to date. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

For the love of the oceans: Karin Sinniger’s decades-long journey in scuba diving

FILE PHOTO: A bleaching coral is seen in the place where abandoned fishing nets covered it in a reef at the protected area of Ko Losin, Thailand
Climate Change

Oceans are hotter, higher and more acidic, climate report warns

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Marine experts urge all to reduce pollution to save Bay of Bengal

Lava flows into the sea as smoke rises following the eruption of a volcano, in the Port of Tazacorte, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, September 28, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Europe

La Palma residents told to lock down as volcano lava pours into sea

Seabed mining is potentially a hugely lucrative business but could lead to worsening of climate change. Photo: Collected
Panorama

A startup plans to mine the ocean floor. It could be a disaster

A migrant holds her baby as she receives a shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Mavrovouni camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

G7 vaccine pledge is just a drop in the ocean, campaigners say

Human activities inconsiderate of consequences pose a major threat to life below ocean. PHOTO: REUTERS
Thoughts

Why we must protect the oceans

Photo collected from UNCTAD website.
Environment

Human activity threatens species survival: Study

Visitors watch a whale shark at the Whale Shark Aquarium of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China September 4, 2018/ Reuters
Environment

Dramatic shark decline leaves ‘gaping hole’ in ocean: Study

A whale dives into sea off the coast of Greenland's capital Nuuk October 17, 2012/ Reuters
Climate Change

Oceans may rise over a metre by 2100, five metres by 2300