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Norway seeks to reap benefits from Odisha's growth potential: Ambassador
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Odisha offers minerals, energy and most importantly vast coastlines which is an added advantage for trade.
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Socio-economic factors shown to drive mangrove losses and gains
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New research into the drivers of mangrove loss over the past 20 years has revealed that most of the degradation can be attributed to socio-economic and biophysical factors, with mangrove cover increasing in some areas. The University of Queensland-led study calculated the change in mangrove
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Study reveals remote sensing supports track of carbon storage in mangroves
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 21 (ANI): A question that always arises that how much amount of carbon is stored by Mangrove forests globally? Recently, a group of researchers from Japan have found a new model that is used for remote sensing of environmental conditions and to determine the productivity
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Japan repositions radar system as China ramps up military presence in Asia
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Beijing [China], April 30 (ANI): Tokyo protests the continuous military ramp up by China near Japan's coastlines and a group of disputed islets and is now repositioning its mobile radar system in the region due to the threat posed by Beijing.
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7.6 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia, tsunami warning issued
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 14 (ANI): Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning for coastlines near the Flores Sea in the country after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale was registered 95 km north of Maumere, Indonesia at 03:20:26 GMT on Tuesday reported Sputnik.
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ISRO has requisite technologies to help protect small island states from i
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that ISRO has the requisite technologies and expertise to provide information on advance warning of cyclones, monitoring of coastlines and coral reefs using space-based inputs to support small island states
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Study reveals extreme sea levels to become much more common worldwide as E
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): A new study has predicted that because of rising temperatures, extreme sea levels along coastlines the world over will become 100 times more frequent by the end of the century in about half of the 7,283 locations studied.
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Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways issues finalised guidelines of f
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): With a vision to set-up world-class floating infrastructure along the coastline, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways has finalised and issued guidelines for the upcoming projects related to floating structures.
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New analysis highlights importance of groundwater discharge into oceans
Updated : 2 years ago IST
California [US], January 8 (ANI): An invisible flow of groundwater seeps into the ocean along coastlines all over the world, and a new study has discovered that groundwater discharge plays a more significant role than had been thought.
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6.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Britain [Papua New Guinea], Mar 30 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale has struck off the southern coast of Papua New Guinea's New Britain Island.
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