A Human History of the Mediterranean; By Davide Abulafia; Oxford University Press; 816 pp., $68.00 If you read the better class of these ocean books, you might soon find yourself convinced of the ...

Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the ...

Maldives' mangroves decline rapidly due to sea-level rise and salinity, threatening coastal resilience worldwide.

This groundbreaking initiative, part of the larger Deep Ocean Mission approved by the Ministry of Earth Sciences in 2021, ...

India and the U.S. to hold inaugural Indian Ocean Dialogue virtually, discussing security, prosperity, and technological ...

Flight MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, shortly after departing Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people aboard.

Researchers have found evidence that mangrove forests -- which protect tropical and subtropical coastlines -- are drowning in the Maldives. Their finding indicate that rising sea level and a climate ...

New study challenges traditional ocean current theories, showing potential for leftward deflection in Northern Hemisphere, aiding weather prediction.

Indonesia’s economic losses from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which amounted to USD 4.5 billion at the time, would equate to approximately USD 20 ...

Here, in short, is an opportunity to right a historic wrong while at the same time preserving the most important Western base in the region.