Increasing sea surface temperature (SST) and its consequences on marine ecosystems are widely discussed. Andaman Sea witnessed a few bleaching events during 1998, 2002 and 2005. The present study was taken up to assess the extent of bleaching during 2010 in selected reef sites in the Andaman through line intercept transect survey.
The Higher Education scene has suddenly come to the forefront of news. From merely proclaiming policies on higher education over the last few decades, the government has now started taking specific measures. Education reforms are being introduced in the legislation.
A Southern Ocean Pilot cruise covering the latitudes from 10°N to 56°S in the open Indian Ocean was car-
ried out during January–February 2004. Surface and upper air data collected during this cruise are re-
ported here. It is shown that the broad features of the atmosphere, in particular that of temperature, follow
Extensive measurements of columnar aerosol optical depth (AOD), composite (MT) and black carbon aero-
sol mass (MB) concentrations were made over the tropical Indian and Southern Oceans as a part of the
Pilot Expedition to the Southern Ocean during the boreal winter. The AOD, MT and MB show large lati-
About 80% of the drinking water supply in rural areas is met by ground-
water, but there are many constraints in the availability of potable drinking water in hard rock terrain both in terms of quality and quantity. (Correspondence)
Stable isotope (? 18O and ? D) and salinity measurements were made on the surface waters collected from the Southern Indian Ocean during the
austral summer (25 January to 1 April 2006) onboard R/V Akademik Boris Petrov to study the relative dominance of various hydrological processes, viz. evaporation, precipitation, melting and freezing over different latitudes.
Climate change has resulted in several kinds of aberrations in the weather phenomenon all over the globe. The recent unprecedented rainfall leading to floods in 13 districts of North Karnataka was said to be one such event.
