Oceans and Coasts

A citizen science project led by UNSW engineers in Sydney, Australia is leveraging thousands of crowd-sourced photos from social media, helping create new insights into how beaches respond to changing weather and wave conditions, and extreme storms – and now a new study has shown the program to be nearly as accurate and effective as professional shoreline monitor

At most inter-state boundaries, Ganga's faecal coliform level exceeds limit

New Delhi, May 28 (India Science Wire): An international team of scientists has unearthed ancient rock samples from the seabed near Laxmi Basin located on the western margin of the Indian continental plate.

Odisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone

Cyclone Fani, strongest to hit India in 20 years, causes widespread destruction in Odisha

Water level in India’s major reservoirs and river basins in a precarious state: CWC

Ganga laden with high proportion of antibacterial agents: Study

Central Monitoring Committee formed to ensure pollution-free river stretches

The garbage crisis is not only invading Indian cities, but coasts as well, and the problem is assuming grave proportions.

Cyclone Gaja creates havoc in Tamil Nadu