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In 1991, 8 people shut themselves for 2 years inside an airtight Arizona dome, and the walls quietly swallowed their oxygen for 475 days before anyone figured out whyEight individuals entered Biosphere 2 in 1991, aiming to live in a self-contained ecosystem for two years. Unexpectedly, oxygen levels plum...
A 15-year-old Canadian teen built a robot turtle, which could help scientists spot reef damage earlier and transform ecological threats underwaterA young Canadian inventor has created a robotic turtle. This innovative device can detect ecological hazards affecting coral reefs. The rob...
India’s first underwater museum project launched off Maharashtra coast in SindhudurgSindhudurg district in Maharashtra is set to become a major marine tourism hub. India's first underwater museum and submarine tourism proje...
No selfies, please: Dolomites push back against overtourism ahead of OlympicsAs Italy prepares to host the Winter Olympics, Alpine communities face a surge in social media-driven tourism overwhelming sacred landscape...
Tamil Nadu’s multi-crore mission: How 300 villagers and 8,500 reef blocks aim to save a sinking island, and create jobs tooVillagers in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin are preparing to dive underwater, aiding a Rs 50 crore government project to revive the disappearing Ka...
Hurricane alert: Atlantic hurricane season 2024 forecast is out. When will activity begin?Atlantic hurricane 2024 season initial forecast is out and it is not a positive development.
Coral reefs are in trouble. One lab in the desert is trying to helpCoral restoration programs are up against long odds because of climate change and environmental degradation, but marine scientists say they...
Scientists dive into the dark waters of Miami to develop hybrid coral reefThe project seeks to protect coastal bases from hurricane surges using hybrid reefs.
To combat coral bleaching, Kenya turns to reef nurseriesThe marine area, jointly managed by the foundation and the island's community, has been planting over 8,000 corals a year since 2012 and pl...
China says military development of islands within its rightsChina's deployment of "necessary national defense facilities on its own territory is a right entitled to every sovereign country and is in ...
US admiral says China fully militarized islesU.S. Indo-Pacific commander Adm. John C. Aquilino said the hostile actions were in stark contrast to Chinese President Xi Jinping's past as...
Life-affirming death, reef in peaceUnderwater cremation-burials may well be a fad, but it may well become a ritual. Florida companies like Eternal Reefs and Neptune Memorial ...
Explore the wild with a purpose: Visit sanctuaries that support conservation efforts, reforestationThere are many ways in which tourists visiting Antarctica can adopt an environmental-friendly attitude.
- Konkan coast, Gulf of Mannar saw widespread coral bleaching during 2014-17
China wants to build giant floating islands in South China SeaThe artificial islands can be used as fake islands for touristic purposes, or can also be constructed to function as piers and, military ba...
China releases white paper, reasserts claim over South China SeaThe White Paper said the core of the relevant disputes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea lies in the territorial iss...
Climate change fund: NSCCC approves four projectsThe National Steering Committee on Climate Change under the Environment Ministry approved four projects including management and rehabilita...
- Artificial coral reef structures net big fish along Tamil Nadu coast
They may not exactly be coralreefs but they are attracting schools of fish. And fisherfolk of 25 coastal villages in the state are smiling ...
European Space Agency explores the concept of 3D-printed moonbaseThe base's design was guided in turn by the properties of 3D-printed lunar soil, with a 1.5 tonne building block produced as a demonstratio...
Unused oil rig turns into underwater Garden of EdenA rig, which is thirty-eight miles off the Louisiana coast, and stopped producing oil more than a decade ago, has become an object of attra...