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19 stories for “Ocean” · March 2026
Clear filtersScientists have found an enormous store of water nearly 700 km below the Earth's surface, inside the mantle, a finding that challenges existing ideas about where Earth's water came from. The water is not liquid; it is ch...
Bhavasagara: India’s Scientific Hub for Deep-Sea BiodiversityThe Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has officially designated the “Bhavasagara” Referral Centre at the Centre for Marine Living Res...
The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has successfully tested an indigenously developed Floating LiDAR Buoy System off the Muttom coast in Tamil Nadu. The advanced ocean-based platform uses Light Detection an...
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its State of the Global Climate 2026 report, warning that the planet's climate is "flashing red". Earth's energy imbalance is at a 65-year high, meaning more heat...
Scientists have traced the evolution of the Ladakh Magmatic Arc, uncovering a geological history of nearly 130 million years. The arc formed through continuous subduction of the Neo-Tethys Oceanic Plate beneath the Euras...
The Indian Navy has begun the second edition of the IOS SAGAR initiative to deepen maritime ties in the region.SAGAR stands for ‘Security and Growth for All in the Region’; the aim is greater cooperation, security and st...
The Indian Navy has sent its P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to take part in Exercise Sea Dragon.Sea Dragon is a US-led Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercise.It is being held near Guam in the Western Pacific Ocean.India's...
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified a new category of exoplanets covered by global oceans of molten magma.These worlds are neither rocky planets nor water worlds, making them a third class dom...
The 11th edition of the joint military exercise LAMITIYE-2026 is under way between India and Seychelles. The drill is being conducted at the Seychelles Defence Academy and forms part of the continuing defence cooperation...
The Government of India is establishing the country's first integrated plant based on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) at Kavaratti Island in Lakshadweep. OTEC is a renewable energy technology that generates electr...
A United States submarine torpedoed the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka rescued its sailors under the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979. Adopte...
Scientists have discovered "Dark Oxygen" around 4,000 metres below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, where no sunlight reaches.The term refers to oxygen found in deep-sea regions without sunlight.The find was made in the...
