Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Australian Institute of Marine Science says the government report on the Barrier Reef focuses on positive conclusions Australia’s marine research agency has warned that the government has downplayed the declining health of the Great Barrier Reef and there is “clear potential for conflicts of interest” in development decisions. The Australian …
First effort to map populations in over 40 years shows moon jellyfish is most spotted species in UK waters The south-west may be home to some of the cleanest beaches in the UK, but the first survey of its kind in over 40 years shows that it is also a …
All marine turtles nesting sites are on Hawksbay and Sandspit beaches. These two beaches are the most important turtles green nesting grounds in the world. Each year thousands of female green turtles come to beaches of Hawksbay and Sandspit off the coast of Karachi to lay their eggs. The Sindh …
PARADIP: IOCL has refuted the allegation of polluting water bodies near its refinery project that was levelled by local fishermen. In June, large scale death of marine species including fish and crabs in Santra Creek here had spread panic among local fishermen. They alleged that discharge of chemical effluents from …
The amount of money needed to “offset” the impact of a dredging project on the Great Barrier Reef could be as much as $1bn – which is $998m more than the project developer has suggested. Documents obtained under freedom of information reveal huge uncertainty over the investment needed to maintain …
The United States on Wednesday designated 685 miles (1,100 km) of beaches from Mississippi to North Carolina and 300,000 square miles (777,000 sq km) of ocean off the Gulf and Atlantic coasts as critical nesting and roaming habitat for threatened loggerhead sea turtles. The joint ruling by the National Oceanic …
Oil that matches the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been found in the bodies of sickened fish, according to a team of Florida scientists who studied the oil's chemical composition. "We matched up the oil in the livers and flesh with Deepwater Horizon like a …
Summer winds are intensifying along the west coasts of North and South America and southern Africa and climate change is a likely cause, a new study says. The winds, which blow parallel to the shore and draw cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean to the surface in a process …
The pre-monsoon churning of currents on the high seas throws up sticky and oily tar balls, which turn people away from Goa’s pristine beaches annually. This May to October menace has grown in magnitude over the last four decades since it was first noticed in the 1970s. A recent National …
The manatee could be downgraded from an endangered species to merely threatened as federal wildlife officials, under pressure from boating activists and libertarians, reconsider the status of Florida's popular "sea cow." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Tuesday it would review the latest science and seek public input …
Speed limits for ships travelling in special Great Barrier Reef “whale zones” should be introduced to reduce the number of the animals being maimed or killed, a conservation group has urged. A report by the International Fund for Animal Welfare warns that whales are facing a growing threat of being …
Two little-known Australian dolphin species are vulnerable to human coastal development and could be at risk of localised extinction, the first research to consider the population structure of the two species shows. The Australian snubfin and humpback dolphins are found throughout the tropical waters of the WA north coast and …
The people of Palau, a small island nation in the northwestern Pacific, have long realized that the health and prosperity of their nation depends on the ocean. Because of this realization, Palauans have always worked to protect their ocean resources. That’s why Palau has drawn the world’s top scientists and …
Plastic junk is floating widely on the world's oceans, but there's less of it than expected, a study says. Such ocean pollution has drawn attention in recent years because of its potential harm to fish and other wildlife. The new work drew on results from an around-the-world cruise by a …
Norway will allow fish farms to increase output by around 5 percent, or 60,000 tones a year, but only if they meet stricter regulations on sea lice, the biggest challenge for the sector, Fisheries Minister Elisabeth Aspaker said on Monday. The new measures could reduce sea lice by around 30 …
Oil tankers follow Marpol regulations, cannot discharge large quantities of oil' Ruling out the possibility that crude oil tankers carrying South East Asian Crude Oil (Seaco) could be discharging oil-laced water into the Arabian Sea, officials from the Indian Coast Guard strongly believe that oil leaks from drilling rigs along …
Anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus, in their nest on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland. Disquiet is growing over the destruction of their coral-based habitat The UN has expressed concern about Australia’s management of the Great Barrier Reef amid growing international pressure against industrial developments that conservationists say are threatening the world’s …
The US plans to create the world's biggest marine protected area (MPA) in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The White House will extend an existing protected area, known as the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Fishing and drilling would be banned from an area that could eventually cover …
0.000001 – one hundred thousandth – is a number so small that to most people it seems like nothing at all. Yet four and a half years since the Marine Act of 2009 came into force – legislation that was heralded as the saviour of UK seas – this is …
This paper addresses a longstanding debate regarding the factors that limit nitrogen fixation by diazotrophic plankton—the primary source of an essential nutrient to the ocean. Multiple lines of evidence show that diazotroph growth can be locally limited by the atmospheric iron supply, but large-scale rates of N2 fixation are ultimately …
