Large landmasses emerged from oceans 2,700 million years ago

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 13:39

Researchers have managed for the first time to determine the isotope composition of the rare trace elements Hafnium and Neodymium in 2,700 million year-old seawater by using high purity chemical sediments from Temagami Banded Iron Formation (Canada) as an archive.

Fresh cyclone brews as Tonga struggles to recover

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 11:17

A fresh cyclone was brewing in the Pacific near the Solomon Islands today as humanitarian groups struggled to get relief supplies to outlying islands in Tonga devastated by Cyclone Ian.

Starfish specie found in Indian Ocean has poor vision and is color-blind

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 18:30

A species of starfish, known as Linckia laevigata, which is commonly found in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean, have relatively poor vision and are color-blind.

Local factors causing significant spikes in coastal ocean acidity

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 13:09

A new study has documented dramatic, natural short-term increases in the acidity of a North Carolina estuary.

India wishes to work with Maldives to ensure peace in Indian Ocean: Pranab

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 13:05

India wishes to work with Maldives and other like-minded nations to ensure peace in the Indian Ocean region, said President Pranab Mukherjee while holding discussions with his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom.

Japan volcano creates island in the shape of Snoopy

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 17:36

A recent underwater volcanic eruption in the Pacific Ocean has created an island in the shape of Snoopy, the fictional character created by Charles M Schulz.

SOS 54 years ago warned about vanishing glaciers

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 16:56

At a time when glaciers are melting at an alarming pace, an SOS buried in a bottle 54 years back in the Canadian Arctic, and unearthed now, sent a distress signal about the world`s rapidly disappearing glaciers.

Researchers overturn assumption about mercury in Arctic

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 13:47

For years, researchers assumed that if mercury`s high and increasing in fish in the North American and European Arctic, the same would also stand true of fish elsewhere in the Arctic.

Indian sailor Sunil James reunites with family, thanks PM

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 08:08

Indian merchant ship captain Sunil James, who was freed from Togo jail after being arrested for allegedly aiding pirates re-united with his family in Mumbai on Friday.

China to expand presence in Antarctica with new research bases

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 00:06

China will expand its presence in Antarctica by building a fourth research base and finding a site for a fifth, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday.

Sumatra cave showing `stunning` tsunami record found

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 14:44

Scientists have made an amazing discovery in the form a cave on the Indonesian island of Sumatra that holds a "beautiful and stunning" record of Indian Ocean tsunamis spanning over thousands of years.

Putin orders military to boost Arctic presence

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 19:08

President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia`s military on Tuesday to step up its presence in the Arctic after Canada signalled its intention to claim the North Pole and surrounding waters.