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How Mangroves on Car Nicobar Fought Back Sea-Level Rise After the 2004 Tsunami

Sahana Ghosh 29/08/2020

The mangroves may have undergone numerous sudden sea-level changes...

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How Tamil Nadu Is Fighting in the First Attempt to Save a Sinking Island

Ankita Sengupta 05/08/2019

Two islands in the Gulf of Mannar islands have...

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They Helped the Forest Grow. But in the Face of Climate Change, They’re Helpless.

Nidhi Jamwal 19/01/2019

The Pichavaram mangrove forest near Chidambaram, Cuddalore, is the...

UN Peacekeepers Perpetrators Unpunished

Sri Lanka Thanks PM Modi for Grants to Run Free Ambulance Service

India had given a grant of $22.8 million –...

The Andaman Islands. Credit: Venkatesh K/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

The Trials and Tribulations of the Andaman Fisheries

Vardhan Patankar 18/05/2018

In a time of dwindling stock, why are Andaman...

A USGS map showing the location of the M7.9 earthquake (large red dot) near Sumatra, Indonesia. Source: USGS

Indonesia Issues, Then Revokes Tsunami Warning After M7.8 Quake Near Sumatra

The Wire Staff 02/03/2016

Initial reports of deaths have been emerging, and relief...