State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Indian Ocean
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Herd size dynamics and observations on the natural history of Dugongs (Dugong dugon) in the Andaman Islands, India
<p>In the last four decades, dugong (Dugong dugon) aggregations have been rarely reported from the geographically isolated, vast seascape of the Andaman Islands, India.</p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Goleetal-2023_Dugongs_India.pdf"
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The conservation status of marine biodiversity of the Western Indian Ocean
The Western Indian Ocean is comprised of productive and highly diverse marine ecosystems that are rich sources of food security, livelihoods, and natural wonder. The ecological services that species provide
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Scientists track Indian Ocean's 'missing' plastic waste
Indian Oceans missing plastic waste found out by the scientists. Indian Ocean is the world's biggest dumping ground for plastic waste, but where the trash ultimately ends up has remained a mystery,
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Africa Must Act Against the Ballooning Indian Ocean Plastic Patch
The Western Indian Ocean, comprising nine African countries and Réunion (an island under France), has a 10 000 km stretch of coastline with crystal clear waters and rich coral reefs. But these marine and
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Assessing, quantifying and valuing the ecosystem services of coastal lagoons
<p>The natural conservation of coastal lagoons is important not only for their ecological importance, but also because of the valuable ecosystem services they provide for human welfare and wellbeing. Coastal
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Future precipitation projections over Central and Southern Africa and the adjacent Indian Ocean: What causes the changes and the uncertainty?
<p>Future projections of precipitation at regional scales are vital to inform climate change adaptation activities. Therefore, is it important to quantify projected changes and associated uncertainty,
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A global slowdown of tropical-cyclone translation speed
As the Earth’s atmosphere warms, the atmospheric circulation changes. These changes vary by region and time of year, but there is evidence that anthropogenic warming causes a general weakening of summertime
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Decadal surface temperature trends in India based on a new high-resolution data set
<p>A new comprehensive surface temperature data set for India is used to document changes in Indian temperature over seven decades, in order to examine the patterns and possible effects of global warming.
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Stabilised frequency of extreme positive Indian Ocean Dipole under 1.5 °C warming
<p>Extreme positive Indian Ocean Dipole (pIOD) affects weather, agriculture, ecosystems, and public health worldwide, particularly when exacerbated by an extreme El Niño. The Paris Agreement aims