The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
In the last four decades, dugong (Dugong dugon) aggregations have been rarely reported from the geographically isolated, vast seascape of the Andaman Islands, India. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, hunting, coastal development, and habitat loss are the major causes of this change in the social system of dugongs in …
Dugong (Dugong dugon), also called 'Sea Cow', occurs in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay, and Gulf of Kutch in India. These marine mammals are herbivores which spend their full life in the sea. They are the only extant species of the family Dugongidae. All existing members …
The Centre has suggested a slew of relaxations in the new draft of coastal norms proposed for India's islands, including those involving eco-tourism, road construction using reclamation, and storage of petroleum, chemicals and mining for the construction sector. The draft Island Coastal Regulation Zone (ICRZ) notification has been made public …
Accidental entanglement of turtles in abandoned fshing nets has been, and will likely continue to be, a major threat to sea turtles. Te impact of abandoned or lost nets, also known as ghost nets, can occur far from their point of origin as nets may drif far distances with ocean …
Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals. Hyderabad: A study conducted by two premier institutes on oceanography has confirmed the role of thermal stress in the bleaching of coral reefs in North Bay Andaman Islands. Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held …
Though the quakes measured around five or more on the Richter Scale, there was no tsunami alert Eight earthquakes, including two major ones, struck the Andaman and Nicobar islands in a span of eight hours on Sunday, with each measuring around five or more on the Richter Scale, but there …
KOLKATA: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has set up 25 permanent monitoring stations in five islands of the Sunderbans to study the impact of climate change on the mangroves and its fauna. Three research fellows engaged for the monitoring have already collected data from the sites that will now form …
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, hit the Andaman Islands in the Indian region at 11.16 am today, according to the Meteorological Department. It said in a statement that the epicentre of the earthquake was at 11.4 degrees north latitude and …
It is expected to strike the Kerala coast in the next eight-10 days India’s southwest monsoon arrived over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday, almost four days before its scheduled arrival date of May 20, and might hit the Kerala coast in the next eight-10 days, private weather forecasting …
PORT BLAIR/BHUBANESWAR India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A cyclone heading for India's southeast coast gathered strength on Wednesday, uprooting trees, triggering landslides and snapping power and phone links as it crossed the remote Andaman and Nicobar islands, government officials said. Cyclone Hudhud is moving in from the Bay of Bengal …
Earthquakes of magnitude 6.2 and 6.1 struck Myanmar and India's Andaman islands on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. No Tsunami warning was issued after the Andaman quake, an official at the India Meteorological Department said. The Myanmar quake struck 185 miles west of Mergui and was 19.3 miles …
The tropical rainforests of Andaman islands are under threat - not from illegal felling of timber or clearing of forests for development activities - but from being finished off by an invasive species of deer and elephant, a research says. Spotted deer, also known as Chital, were introduced to the …
Looking for new ways to deal with the rising ecological challenges in urban areas of the state, the Omar Abdullah government is sending out delegations of MLAs on study tours across the country. In the first such tour, CPM legislator M Y Tarigami left on a two-week tour of West …
Mangroves are salt tolerant plants that occur between 32°N and 38°S latitudes. Mangroves play an important role in stabilizing shoreline and protect the coast against storm surges and heavy tides. Though the mangrove inventory has been done earlier in India using satellite data but no systematic attempts has been made …
With the forest cover of 77,700 square kilometre area Madhya Pradesh retain its coveted title of number of state of the country in terms of forest cover, according to Indian State of Forest Report 2011. When forest cover in the country has decreased by 367 square kilometres, forest cover in …
A slight intensity earthquake, measuring 4.8 on Richter scale, jolted region of Andaman Islands today. The quake, which struck at 4:44 AM today, was measured 4.8 on the Richter Scale, the India Meteorological Department said. The epicentre of the quake was located at 14.1 degrees north on the latitude and …
A mass stranding of whales has been found on the coast of North Andaman Island, but rescue operations were not possible given the large size of the mammals, wildlife officials today said. Around 40 Short Finned Pilot Whales that normally live in the deep sea were found lying near Elizabeth …
The Coast Guard has started looking for an alternative site to deploy its coastal radars in Andaman and Nicobar Islands after the Environment Ministry red-flagged its plan to put them up at Narcondam to save rare bird “hornbill”. The agency was planning to set up radars as part of a …
To save the habitat of an endangered species of bird, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has rejected the Navy’s proposal to set up a missile testing site at Tillanchong Sanctuary in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Navy has said it would ask the ministry to reconsider. Natarajan said on Friday …
The Union Environment Ministry has taken the side of conservationists fighting for survival of 300-odd Narcondam hornbills, threatened by a Coast Guard plan to set up a radar surveillance system on the tiny island in the Andamans where the birds make their home. On August 31, the Ministry of Environment …
