Ocean Sentry
The Navi Mumbai airport, first proposed 20 years ago and approved in 2007, is to be built on 1,160 hectares, of which 250 hectares is forest land.
July, 2017
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22 July
Mangroves, increasingly shrinking coastline guard
Head of Department of Marine and Fisheries (DKP) of Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi, Agus Salim Safrulah, said the area of mangrove forest in the coastal city of Kendari is increasingly shrinking.
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21 July
Australia’s marine parks face cuts to protected areas
Big reductions in no-take marine protected areas are being considered, going beyond those recommended by an earlier federal government review.
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21 July
Thawing permafrost releases old greenhouse gas
The thawing permafrost soils in the Arctic regions might contribute to the greenhouse effect in two respects: On the one hand, rising temperatures lead to higher microbial methane production close to the surface. On the other hand, the thawing subsurface opens pathways for old, geologic methane.
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20 July
Sea temperature changes contributing to droughts
Fluctuations in sea surface temperature are a factor in causing persistent droughts in North America and around the Mediterranean, new research suggests.
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20 July
8.3 billion metric tons: Scientists calculate total amount of plastics ever produced
Humans have created 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since large-scale production of the synthetic materials began in the early 1950s, and most of it now resides in landfills or the natural environment, according to a study published today in the journal Science Advances.
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19 July
World’s northernmost coral reef in Japan bleached
Bleaching has damaged the world’s northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists have attributed to high ocean temperatures.
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19 July
Underwater ‘ghost nets’ posing threat to marine ecosystem off Kerala
Ghost nets – fishing nets that have been lost, dumped or abandoned – have emerged as the greatest killers of the underwater ecosystem in the seas off Kerala, says a study by an NGO.
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19 July
Japan utility plans to dump radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific
The operator of Japan’s paralyzed nuclear plant in Fukushima has decided to release radioactive tritium into the Pacific Ocean.
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18 July
New rules urgently needed to protect our oceans, scientists warn
Urgent action is needed to protect marine life, with more than 60 per cent of the world’s oceans lacking effective conservation measures, according to new Oxford University study.
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17 July
Vietnam: Protected marine areas face multiple threats
Protected marine areas (MPAs) in the country face the serious threats of pollution, dynamite and electric shock fishing and haphazard infrastructure construction for tourism.
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17 July
Stronger winds heat up West Antarctic ice melt
New research published today in Nature Climate Change has revealed how strengthening winds on the opposite side of Antarctica, up to 6000kms away, drive the high rate of ice melt along the West Antarctic Peninsula.