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...
18 Jan, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
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...
04 Jun, 2025, 11.59 AM IST
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.
31 Jan, 2024, 01.03 AM IST
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...
26 Dec, 2023, 11.49 AM IST
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.
18 Aug, 2022, 09.34 AM IST
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...
27 Jun, 2022, 09.05 AM IST
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 ...
22 Mar, 2022, 03.39 PM IST
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...
20 Mar, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
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 ...
22 Feb, 2022, 11.30 PM IST
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.
25 Jul, 2019, 11.47 AM IST
- Konkan coast, Gulf of Mannar saw widespread coral bleaching during 2014-1702 Jan, 2019, 06.43 PM IST
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...
12 Jul, 2018, 04.20 PM IST
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...
13 Jul, 2016, 12.15 PM IST
Climate change fund: NSCCC approves four projectsThe National Steering Committee on Climate Change under the Environment Ministry approved four projects including management and rehabilita...
28 Dec, 2015, 10.22 PM IST
- 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 ...
07 May, 2015, 05.45 AM IST
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...
11 Nov, 2014, 01.59 PM IST
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...
11 Jul, 2013, 06.45 PM IST