The  United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea  ( UNCLOS ), also called the  Law of the Sea Convention  or the  Law of the Sea Treaty , is an international agreement that establishes a l…

Oceans are the largest water bodies on the planet Earth. Over the last few decades, excessive human activities have severely affected marine life on the Earth’s oceans.  Ocean pollution, also …

Oceans Issues and Threats  – Currently our  Oceans  are facing the following major problems: Over Fishing Predation of Top predators Ocean Acidification Coral Bleaching Ocean Dead Zone Heavy m…

By changes in sea level, we mean the fluctuations in the mean sea level, i.e., the average level of the sea surface.  Thus, the changes in sea level may also be termed as a  relative change in…

Corals are nothing but  calcareous rocks, formed from the skeletons of minute sea animals, called polyps. The  polyps extract calcium salts from seawater to form hard skeletons  which protect th…