Indian Ocean enters Plastic Age The magnitude of pollution in waterways and oceans is now so much that the world may be entering the “Plastic Age” . The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) claims that globally 400 million tons of plastic are produced annually yet smart technology, water sensors and integrated cloud data systems can
Living Underwater A major step forward in human underwater exploration was in the year 1960 with the maiden dive of the Trieste bathyscaphe, a submersible, to the Challenger Deep at a depth of almost 10,916 meters. An ocean exploration company is currently investing around £ 100 m in a former deep diving site in U.K
Mangroves, Carbon Sequestration, Harbor Infrastructure and Coastal Degradation Urbanization and Invasion of Mangroves Swamps The rapid increase in population and corresponding urbanization in coastal megacities has been accompanied by frenzied land reclamation driven mostly by anthropogenic factors . Mangroves are prevalent all over except Antarctica. Seaward land reclamation entails the formation of artificial land facade
