China is rapidly expanding its deep-sea exploration efforts, sending fleets of research vessels far beyond its shores. While ...

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China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and ...

Maldives is situated barely 70 nautical miles from the island of Minicoy in Lakshadweep and just 300 nautical miles from the mainland's western coast. Its location at the hub of commercial sea lanes ...

The Maldives is discussing with China the installation of devices on fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Indian Ocean to track fish movements and gather ocean data, reports said. Listen to Story ...

Tharp continued working with Heezen to bring the ocean floor to life. Their collaboration included an Indian Ocean map, published by National Geographic in 1967, and a 1977 World Ocean Floor map that ...

Their collaboration included an Indian Ocean map, published by National Geographic in 1967, and a 1977 World Ocean Floor map that is now held at the Library of Congress. After Heezen died in 1977 ...

The discussions arise more than a year after the Chinese research vessel, Xiang Yang Hong 03, was stationed in Maldivian waters for a month, causing concern for Indian officials. The Maldives' ...

Maldives and China are in talks to equip fish aggregating devices (FADs) with tools to gather oceanic data, including fish movements, in the Indian Ocean. This initiative follows the visit of the ...

2009; Deng et al., 2021; Na et al., 2024). The Eastern Indian Ocean (EIO) is dominated by seasonal monsoons and presents distinct stratification in the upper layers, which prevents the upward ...