Indian Ocean

Where In The World Is Matt Lauer: Praslin Seychelles

admin_huliq — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:59:02 -0500

Where in the world is Matt Lauer on the last day of his world wide travel adventure? Matt goes to Praslin in the Seychelles archipelago island. Seychelles is a vacation destination that's more about scenery than sightseeing.

Status quo of the tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean

harminka — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:25:28 -0600

The German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) runs on track. Main milestones like the development of the automatic data processing software SeisComP3, as well as the underwater communication for the transmission of the pressure data from the ocean floor to a warning centre are already finalised.

Indian Ocean response to anomalous conditions in 2006

harminka — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:51:24 -0500

The thermal structure of the equatorial Indian Ocean is characterized by warmer temperatures in the east and cooler temperatures in the west. During certain years, this pattern switches to anomalous conditions known as the Indian Ocean Dipole; one such dipole event occurred in 2006.

GEF Provides Assistance for Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Project

Anastvatz — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:36:41 -0500

On June 28 the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a project that will help seven countries[1]in the Southwest Indian Ocean region, to manage fisheries resources and reduce poverty through the sustainable development of marine resources.

Huge waves from one storm slam coasts 6000 km apart

harminka — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:02:38 -0500

Huge waves that struck Reunion Island and coastlines across Indonesia earlier this month all originated from the same storm that occurred south of Cape Town, South Africa, and were tracked across the entire Indian Ocean for some 10 000 kilometres over a nine-day period by ESA's Envisat satellite.

Climate change signal detected in Indian Ocean

harminka — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:55:19 -0500

The signature of climate change over the past 40 years has been identified in temperatures of the Indian Ocean near Australia.

Air India Express to add more aircraft to its fleet

admin_huliq — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:54:23 -0500

Air India would be adding four more aircraft to the Air India Express fleet this year to expand its budget flight services, with plans of increasing it to 25 by 2008.

Using seismic noise to image volcanoes in three dimensions

harminka — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:44:58 -0600

Survivors Mark 2nd Anniversary of Indian Ocean Tsunami

Dinka — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:25:28 -0600

Red Cross Says Work On Tsunami Recovery Progressing

Dinka — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:34:49 -0600