The Bay of Bengal, notes historian Sunil Amrith, is an "expanse of tropical water: still and blue in the calm of January winter, or raging and turbid at the peak of the summer rains". The largest ...

Like many on the Bay of Bengal coast in India and Bangladesh ... But after years of abuse from man and nature, the mangroves seem to be nearing their limits. Illicit logging, mostly for building ...

The Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) is one of the world’s most significant LMEs with an area of about 2.6 million square kilometers - 66% of which lies within the exclusive economic ...

How are the Sundarbans tackling natural and manmade threats, and can they keep doing this? How did the study arrive at its results? What does the study tell us about the functioning of mangroves?

“The temperature of the surface of the Bay of Bengal is increasing by 0.5 degree Celsius every decade because of climate ... “The Sunderbans have lost about 50sqkm of land and 110sqkm of mangrove area ...

Mangroves play a crucial role as protectors as they shield the coastal cities from ... which is popular for its picturesque location as well as for the sighting of rare flora and fauna. Located on the ...

"It is alleged that the number of mangrove and halophyte patches has ... "severe" and the Meghadri Gedda area connected with the Bay of Bengal near Visakhapatnam harbour "exemplifying" the decline.

There are almost 40 islands in this forest, making it the world's second-largest mangrove forest, with lush trees all around. Located in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, the forest is home to a ...

India has  85 Ramsar Sites, recognised for their ecological significance and contributions to biodiversity conservation. Here ...

The Malaysian region acted as a land bridge between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea ... many of which are well preserved due to the oxygen-starving mud in the mangrove swamps.

KOLKATA: The third edition of the Sundarban Bird Festival witnessed an impressive increase in migratory bird sightings, with ...

The whale was finally released into the Bay of Bengal early Friday morning, marking only the fourth sighting of this species in Bengal. KOLKATA: The 16-foot Bryde's whale, only the fourth sighting ...