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A recent study conducted by researchers from the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa, has revealed the reasons behind the lowest Antarctic Sea Ice Extent (SIE) in February 2022. They have investigated the role of…
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With 43 members on board the 40th Indian Scientific Expedition is set to depart for Antarctica from Mormugao Port, Goa. On this occasion, Dr N. Vinod Kumar, Postmaster General, Goa region, released two special covers and one cancellation to…
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A recent study conducted by the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) and University of Madras, reveals that the southern Indian sea is under the grip of a cocktail of heavy metal pollution. The team of researchers, after…
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A study on the health of urbanized tourist beaches along the southeastern coastline of India has revealed that many of these popular beaches are now facing the threat of different environmental pollutions of which heavy metal pollution from…
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The agricultural sector plays a key role in the economy of India and twenty-five other East Asian developing countries across a distance of 18,000 km (from east to west) and 6,000 km (from south to north). The main influencing factor in…
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A study on underwater sounds using a passive acoustic monitoring system during the winters has been able to probe sea ice melting in the Arctic and its contributing factors. The research was led by The National Institute of Ocean Technology…
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During the recent times, microplastics are posing a serious ecological threat to the world's oceans and seas. Microplastics pollution is even extending to the remote areas of oceans far away from human habitats. A study conducted by Periyar…
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A recent study by the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa, India, has pointed out that the Arctic sea ice is melting at an alarming rate especially during boreal or northern hemisphere summer. The study published in…
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Phytoplankton is the microscopic single-celled photosynthetic organism that drifts and blooms in the top layer of the world’s oceans forming a key part of the world ocean ecosystem. This phytoplankton can be rightly called as the lung of…
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A study of microscopic ancient marine algae (Coccolithophores) led by the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has found that there is a decrease in the concentration of oceanic calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the Southern…
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