Oceanography

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  World's Largest Iceberg A23a Resumes Journey North After Months of Stagnation

  A23a, the largest iceberg in the world, has begun moving again after being trapped in a vortex near the South Orkney Islands. Weighing nearly a trillion tonnes and twice the size of Greater London, the iceberg has been stuck in the Weddell Sea for over three decades. Now on its way north, scientists are studying its potential environmental impacts,...

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  Rare 'Doomsday Fish' Washes Up On California Beach, Fascinates Scientists

  Alison Laferriere, a doctoral student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, made the unusual find while walking her dog.

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  Water 20 km Below Mars Surface? What Study Shows And What It Means

  Water is considered essential for life, and geological studies show the planet's surface had lakes, rivers and oceans more than 3 billion years ago.

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  Microplastics In Seafood From Goa Estuary "Worrisome": Study

  The levels of microplastics found in fish and other seafood samples from the Sal Estuary in Goa is worrisome, a study by researchers of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Panaji has said.

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  Eminent Academician Ananda Deb Mukhopadhyay Dies

  Eminent academician Ananda Deb Mukhopadhyay, who was also an expert in oceanography, died at a private hospital in Kolkata on Thursday.

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  CSIR-NIO, Goa Announces Jobs For Graduates, Diploma Candidates

  The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) has invited application from graduates and diploma candidates for recruitment to the post of Technical Assistant. The last date for submission of application is July 17.

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  Over 1000 Kg Plastic Waste Found At Goa Beach During Cleanup Drive

  Over 1,000 kg of plastic waste has been found at a beach stretch near Panaji by a team of scientists and students of the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), an official said on Monday.

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  Watch: A Myth? A Leaf? Aquarium Displays Rare Sea Dragons

  The Birch Aquarium in San Diego, California, has built what is believed to be the world's largest habitat for two types of surreal sea dragons - the leafy sea dragon and the weedy sea dragon.

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  China, France Launch Satellite to Study Climate Change

  The 650-kilogram (1,430 pound) China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT) is the first satellite jointly built by China and France.

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  Goa's Minerals Could Exhaust In Decade Or Two, Says Geologist

  'Geology and Mineral Resources of Goa', a book by renowned geologist Professor Ashoka G Dessai, was launched by Professor Sunil Kumar Singh, Director of CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography today.

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  India's Only Live Volcano Active Again After 150 Years, Say National Experts

  India's only live volcano in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands which had started showing activity in the year 1991 after being dormant for over 150 years has once again started spewing ash, the researchers at Goa based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) said on Friday.

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  Donald Trump Attacks China, Tweets 'We Don't Want Drone They Stole - Let Them Keep It'

  President-elect Donald Trump says the US should let China keep the US Navy's unmanned underwater glider that it seized in the South China Sea.

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  Chinese Warship Seizes US Navy Underwater Drone In South China Sea

  A Chinese Navy warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American oceanographic vessel in international waters in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest

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  Biological Pollution Matter Of Concern For Goa: Scientist

  Biological pollution, especially e-coli, is a matter of concern in Goa's coastal areas, particularly its rivers, an expert said in Panaji.

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  World's First Settlement, Apparently Hit By Tsunami, Found In Gujarat

  Marine archaeologists on Monday claimed to have discovered the world's first ancient urban settlement, which could have been destroyed by a tsunami.