US senators seek expanded defence trade with India
July 21st, 2012 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 21 (IANS) Eyeing India's expansive multi-million dollar military modernisation programme, two top US lawmakers have asked the Pentagon to develop a closer defence relationship with New Delhi, including ... Read more...
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Indo-Pacific corals more resilient than Caribbean twins
July 13th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 13 (IANS) Corals of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and Indo-Pacific region recover faster from stress than their Caribbean counterparts, say marine scientists."The main reason for this ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Australia commits NSG support for India
May 3rd, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Citing India's "very good" non-proliferation track record, Australia Thursday committed to support its membership in international atomic export control regimes, including the Nuclear Suppliers Group ... Read more...
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‘India, Australia, US should form pact to tackle China’
November 4th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Nov 4 (IANS) India, Australia and the US should come together to form a trilateral security pact to counter the rising naval power of China, a report by three ... Read more...
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Indian decision on fighter deal no snub to US: Foreign Policy
April 30th, 2011 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 30 (IANS) While India's decision not to buy American planes for its multi-role combat aircraft deal is indeed "disappointing", sceptics are wrong to view this as yet another ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Mangroves among most carbon-rich tropical forests
April 6th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS) Coastal mangrove forests across the Indo-Pacific region store more carbon than almost any other forest on earth.A research team from the US Forest Service's Pacific Southwest ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Invasive Lionfish Poses Danger to Virgin Islands Coral Reef
August 10th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The lionfish, which is a striped fish with poisonous spines is said to be invading the waters of the Virgin Islands National Park, according to ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Invasive lionfish captured in the waters of the Virgin Island National Park
August 10th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
St. John, Aug 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Divers say that they have identified and killed another lionfish in the Virgin Islands National Park waters last week, thus making it the fourth ... Read more...
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Rising Indian Ocean levels may worsen flooding in India
July 14th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 14 (IANS) Rising levels in parts of the Indian Ocean may worsen monsoon flooding in India and Bangladesh.
According to a study led by Weiqing Han, the associate professor in atmospheric ... Read more...
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Condoms from Kerala on way to bedrooms Down Under
February 6th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IANS) City-based HLL Lifecare, manufacturers and exporters of contraceptives, will launch its Moods brand of condoms in Australia in association with Indo Pacific Enterprises, a wholesale and retailing company ... Read more...
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Scientists to track journeys of two marine turtles around world’s oceans
December 24th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 24 (ANI): A new research project launched by the University of Exeter, UK, is tracking the journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans.Noelle and Darwinia are two adult ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
DNA traces shark fins to American waters
December 7th, 2009 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 7 (ANI): A new DNA-based study has shown that many of the hammerhead sharks that are butchered to feed Asian demand for shark-fin soup start their lives in American ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Indo-Pacific warm pool may have been as hot during medieval times as it is today
August 28th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 28 (ANI): A new 2,000-year-long reconstruction of sea surface temperatures (SST) from the Indo-Pacific warm pool (IPWP) suggests that temperatures in the region may have been as warm during the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Reef fish are ‘homebodies’, says latest research
June 22nd, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 22 (IANS) Some fish species in Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park spend most of their time close to home and stay on the reef rather than travelling significant distances as ... Read more...
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World’s largest leatherback turtle habitat identified
May 18th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, May 18 (IANS) Scientists have identified Gabon in West Africa as the home of the world's largest leatherback turtle population.
The research involved country-wide land and aerial surveys that estimated a ... Read more...
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World’s largest leatherback sea turtle population identified
May 18th, 2009 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 18 (ANI): In a new research, an international team of scientists has identified the world's largest leatherback sea turtle population in Gabon, West Africa.The research involved country-wide land and aerial ... Read more...
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Scientists identify two new species of extinct corals
December 9th, 2008 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): Scientists have identified two new species of extinct corals, which provide an important link between corals in the Atlantic and Pacific.The corals - Isopora curcaoensis and Isopora ... Read more...
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DNA analysis reveals new dolphin species
November 22nd, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22 (ANI): Using DNA analysis, scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new third species of bottlenose dolphin in the waters off southern Australia, which is the only second ... Read more...
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Indian spiders in IUCN Red List
October 6th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 6 (IANS) Indian tarantulas, hairy and large spiders, are now in the "Red List" of species threatened with extinction, according to a leading global environmental network as it unveiled its ... Read more...
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