The overheating of the Indian Ocean to potentially lethal levels due to marine heat waves and sea surface temperature increase poses severe challenges.

Members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, the intergovernmental body that regulates fishing for tuna and tuna-like species in the region, met May 13-17 in Bangkok. Although a decision on reining in ...

The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami sparked the world’s largest humanitarian and disaster recovery effort. But 20 years on, governments still fail to sufficiently integrate disaster reduction into ...

The 9th Indian Ocean Conference was held in Mauritius from April 10 to 12, under the theme “Collective Stewardship for Indian Ocean Governance.” It was an ideal topic at a time when the Indian Ocean ...

As spring in Australia nears and the days get longer, you might be wondering what the rest of the year holds for our weather. There are signs that changes in the Indian Ocean will bring a few wet ...

Navigating maritime security in the wake of the war in West Asia will be at the top of the agenda as India chairs the 23-nation Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), with a leaders’ summit expected ...

South of India, the ocean surface slumps into one of Earth’s strangest depressions, a gravity hole so deep it has puzzled ...

The Indian Ocean is an overlooked theater for nuclear escalation and conflict. Since the start of this year alone, Iran threatened to strike a US military base in the Chagos Archipelago, China ...