In a step to combat climate-driven coastal erosion, Tamil Nadu has launched a Rs 50 crore restoration effort to revive Kariyachalli Island in the Gulf of Mannar. The island, which is part of the ...

The Sri Lanka Navy seized an Indian fishing boat and apprehended eight Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters north of Mannar, during a special search operation conducted ...

More than 2,000 people yesterday protested in Mannar against a wave of environmentally destructive development projects threatening the fragile ecosystem of Mannar Island. The protest, which began ...

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has signed a contract with the Geological Survey of India to build two Coastal Research Vessels. These 64-meter ships, with a 450-ton capacity and 10 ...

The Milliken Nature Center on Mackinac Island features a stone facade, wood beams, and an interactive 3D map that brings the island's unique geological formations to life.

Chennai: A plastic nurdle spill from the sunken cargo ship MSC ELSA 3 has spread into the newly declared Dhanushkodi Greater Flamingo Sanctuary in Ramanathapuram district, threatening one of India ...

Haywind One Limited, a unit of Hayleys PLC, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Ceylon Electricity Board for a 50 MW wind power project located in Mannar. ..

A Geological Treasure Reshaping the Global Mining Map The Hamersley region in Western Australia is now home to one of the largest iron ore deposits ever discovered. This enormous mineral reserve ...

New research led by the University of Sydney adds to our understanding of how rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change foreshadow the end of the Great Barrier Reef as we know it.

Sri Lanka’s largest private investment in wind power, a 50MW farm in Mannar, will be developed by HayWind, the wind energy arm of Hayleys Fentons, following a competitive bid awarded by the Ceylon ...

The Model Village Housing Project is being implemented in all 25 districts of the island jointly with the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing of Sri Lanka with grant support ...

Though the Gulf of Mannar was at risk at that time, the pollutants luckily didn't reach the reef habitat due to unfavourable ocean currents.