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Tag: Indian Ocean
Seychelles Declares State of Emergency After Blast at Explosives Depot
Seychelles declared a state of emergency after the explosion, which came on the heels of deadly flooding in the country.
Mystery Object Is Found on Remote Beach in Western Australia
The authorities said the cylindrical object, which was found about 155 miles north of Perth, did not pose a risk to the public, but they have yet to identify it.
Cyclone Freddy Leaves Nearly 200 Dead in Malawi
The record-breaking storm barreled across southeastern Africa into landlocked Malawi, where rescue workers searched for survivors as rain kept falling.
Drought Study on Madagascar Underlines Complexity of Climate
Low rainfall has caused a humanitarian crisis in Madagascar, but common assumptions about drought didn’t hold up to scrutiny.
UN Top Court Largely Sides With Somalia Over Kenya in Ocean Dispute
A court ruling largely gave Somalia control over a patch of the Indian Ocean believed to be rich in oil and gas, a decision that may further raise tensions between the countries.
UN Top Court Largely Sides With Somalia Over Kenya in Ocean Dispute
A court ruling largely gave Somalia control over a patch of the Indian Ocean believed to be rich in oil and gas, a decision that may further raise tensions between the countries.
Mozambique Closes Beaches Again Due To Low Covid Vaccinations
With only 5 percent of the country’s adults vaccinated, Mozambique took the precaution amid fears of a renewed spread of the coronavirus.
A Dispatch From an Endangered Bird’s ‘Garden of Eden’
Immerse yourself in the visual splendor of a tiny volcanic island in the northern Andaman Sea, the only home of the little-known Narcondam hornbill.
Satellites Spot Oceans Aglow With Trillions of Organisms
A new generation of detectors let scientists identify a dozen large episodes of bioluminescence, one a hundred times larger than Manhattan — and that’s the smallest.