The UK is increasingly isolated in its claim to the Chagos Islands. If an international court finds in Mauritius’s favour, the implications could be huge.
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A new project takes a different look at the role of oceans.
Sea snakes spend their lives in the water, giving birth to live young at sea, so why are they only found in some of the world’s oceans? The answer lies in a combination of climate and geography.
This research reconciled data and hypotheses from linguistic, archeological and genetic research on the settlement of the Comoros and Madagascar.
Histories of the North Atlantic have had a preponderant influence on scholarship about race. But, for scholars in the humanities and social sciences who study southern Africa, this is changing.
The Agulhas Current plays a critical role in global ocean circulation that influences climatic conditions across the world.
The British overseas territory faces an environmental crisis.
Managing maritime security is a challenging endeavour. Forms of maritime crime include piracy, drug and arms smuggling.
Further analysis of the debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 point to a possible new search area in the Indian Ocean.
Indian Ocean humpback dolphins, which live close to the shore, need protection. The total population is estimated to be just 10,000, with fewer than 1,000 of them off the coast of South Africa.
Since 1999, Australia has swung between drought and deluge with surprising speed, because El Niño has fallen into sync with similar patterns in the Indian and Southern Oceans.
Africa has some wonderful beaches. A serious traveller should visit at least one of them once in a lifetime.
Students have won an important victory. But to understand the complex nature of oppression and how to respond to it will require many struggles over a longer period of time.
We thought the big El Niño might not bring drought. And then the climate turned dry. And hot.
Corals are experiencing only the third global bleaching event in recorded history, caused by warming seas. But worse is yet to come.
Why are African baobab trees found in India? Genetic research is starting to shed light on the answer.
Why are the UK’s left-over possessions in the Indian Ocean still the subject of furious legal dispute?
This year has been anything but tranquil in the paradise nation of the Maldives – is it time to boycott?
Western Australia’s marine environment is unique. Two world heritage areas, the largest fringing coral reef in Australia, and more than a thousand kilometres of underwater forests, supporting incredible…
A satellite-tracking study of green turtles in the Indian Ocean has rewritten the record books for long-distance marine animal migration, showing that they can travel some 4000 kilometres without stopping…
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Professor of Coastal Oceanography, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Reader of Applied Mathematics, Cardiff University
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Research Fellow in Marine Science, Bangor University
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Assistant Professor, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Marine Biology and Head of School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University
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Head of Operational Climate Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Oceanographer, The University of Western Australia
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Chief Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, CSIRO
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Prorector for Education, University of Copenhagen
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
