Medicine & TechnologyA "gravity hole" found in 1948 in the Indian Ocean, where the sea level drops by 328 feet (100 meters), might be shaped by magma plumes. Read the article to learn more details.
A new study found that methane in deep-sea sediments turns into gas more frequently than previously recorded, and a species has a unique ability to detect it. Read the article to learn more.
Researchers have returned from a 35-day expedition in deep seas and shared bizarre creatures in the Indian Ocean, including the hermaphrodite lizard fish. Read the article to learn more.
A team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has traveled the world to monitor oceans to assess the waters' conditions based on changes in plankton genomes.
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami was able to take so many lives due to the lack of warning system in the Indian Ocean. Those in the affected areas had little-to-no warning and no time to evacuate. Since then, it has been an international effort to develop and put into practice a reliable warning system.