Cochin backwaters, a micro tidal estuary, undergo a characteristic transformation from a river dominated system during summer monsoon to a tide-dominant system during pre-monsoon season. The present study observes that as the river flow weakens after monsoon, the flushing of the estuary

a flat, 21 km strip of land in the middle of the Haldi river, three metres above sea level and accessible only by motorised boats, is the West Bengal government's alternative to Nandigram for a

China has sacked five officials for "dereliction of supervision' and "inadequate work' after green algae covered the country's third largest lake, the Taihu, triggering a drinking water crisis for

Scotland's biggest sewage treatment facility, Seafield, is back in working condition after causing a major sewage spill in the last week of April. The spill contaminated the estuary, Firth of Forth,

The oil spill caused by the Greek cruise ship, Sea Diamond, sinking in the Aegean Sea off the Santorini island, Greece, is still dirtying the island's coastline. Though the incident occurred in the

US okays bill to cut marine pollution In March, the US House of Representatives approved legislation to cut polluting emissions released by diesel-powered ships. Under the legislative

The Environmental Protection Agency (epa) of Guam, an island in the Pacific Ocean and a territory of the us, has made beach-monitoring signs compulsory. These signs will inform beachgoers how

US court lowers Penalty: In one of the longest-running non-criminal cases in US legal history, for the third time a US appeals court has ordered to cut down around US $2 billion from the US $4.5

Oil leakage from a cargo ship that sank near Oland Island is now threatening the eco-sensitive landmass off the southeast coast of Sweden. The incident occurred in the first week of November, when

• The World Wildlife Fund for Nature has called on the International Marine Organization and the international shipping community to outlaw tributylin, a paint used to stop shellfish and other

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