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What Divers Discovered Beneath the North Sea Is Rewriting the Story of Ancient EuropeDivers exploring the North Sea have uncovered evidence of a prehistoric settlement in Doggerland, a landmass that once connected Britain to...
Major earthquake between South America and Antarctica: What and where is the Drake Passage hit by a 7.5 magnitude tremblorA significant magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on August 21, 2025, triggering tsunami alerts for Chile's coast. The passag...
The Trump administration wants seafloor mining. What does that mean?Mining methods, like seabed scraping and vacuuming, raise concerns about habitat destruction, sediment plumes, and potential food chain con...
India extends auction for deep-sea blocks containing critical mineralsIndia has extended the auction deadline for deep-sea mineral blocks, crucial for electric vehicle batteries, to May 1, due to requests from...
India will become leader in offshore mining: OfficialMines Secretary V L Kantha Rao in his address on Monday had said that the auction of offshore mines will begin in three months' time. The O...
Mines ministry OKs purchase of 2 surveyor shipsThe survey will focus on seabed mapping and exploration of non-living resources in the offshore sector, exclusive economic zone and interna...
Bullet Train Project: 7 cos willing to construct underground station at BKCAt least seven Indian companies have shown interest for the construction of the underground station at the BKC in Mumbai for the ambitious ...
Bullet train: Bids invited for India’s first undersea tunnelThe bullet train which will cover a distance of 508 km between Mumbai and Ahmedabad has a 21 km underground corridor.
Geologists strike seabed ‘treasure’ in Indian watersThree state-of-the-art research vessels — Samudra Ratnakar, Samudra Kaustabh and Samudra Saudikama — carried out the 'High Resolution Seabe...
- Is there an impact crater off Kerala coast?
Bengaluru, Oct 17 (IANS) A huge depression on the seabed recently detected off the Kerala coast in the Arabian Sea could be a crater caused...
- Magnitude-6.7 quake strikes remote area off Alaska coast
A strong earthquake has struck in a remote region off the Alaska coast, but officials say there is no tsunami threat or immediate reports o...
Indian scientist Rasik Ravindra elected to UN entity on ocean affairsIndian scientist Rasik Ravindra has been unanimously elected as member of the UN's body focussed on oceans and law of the sea.
Geological Survey of India to acquire research shipIn a first-of-its-kind initiative, Geological Survey of India (GSI) is in the process of acquiring a research ship which would explore the ...
- Cairn posts record profit of $ 4.56 bn
Cairn Energy today reported a record full year profit of USD 4.56 bn for 2011 on the back of proceeds from 40% stake sale in its Indian uni...
Oceans, the new theatre for India-China competition; both countries have announced oil exploration plans in other’s watersThe oceans are the new theatre of India-China competition, but one with possible security implications.
- Appetite for Arctic oil rises in line with crude prices
The appetite for Arctic oil has surged in line with rocketing crude prices but environmental concerns and a diplomatic stalemate stand in t...
- Strong quake off Indonesia's Maluku, tsunami alert issued
A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on early thursday.