The Latest Breaking News from the Bay of Bengal

ISRO satellite INSAT-3DS captures contrasting weather across India, here’s what the image shows

The September 24 INSAT-3DS image captured a notable contrast across India, with extensive cloud formations covering central and eastern areas while parts of the northwest remained comparatively clear. The satellite view also showed moisture extending from the Bay of Bengal as a deep depression influenced rainfall across several states, offering…

The Economic Times · 2h ago

Cyclone Arnab coming? Schools shut across Odisha; Andhra Pradesh on high alert as Bay of Bengal depression inches closer; heavy rain, 75 kmph winds likely

Cyclone Arnab: A depression over the Bay of Bengal is moving towards the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coast, triggering school closures, evacuation preparations and a red alert in southern Odisha, even as questions swirl over whether the system will turn into Cyclone Arnab.

The Economic Times · Sep 23

Weather today September 23: IMD issues red alert; check which states are likely to see heavy rain

IMD has issued an extreme rain warning for Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana and Chhattisgarh as a Deep Depression over the Bay of Bengal moves towards the coast. Several other states, including West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Vidarbha, are also likely to receive heavy to very heavy rain. Check the state-wise…

The Economic Times · Sep 23

India Mangrove Forests Beyond the Sundarbans: Gujarat, Odisha and Karnataka Coastal Ecosystems Worth Visiting

Gujarat: The Largest Mangrove Cover Outside the SundarbansGujarat holds roughly 1,140 square kilometres of mangrove forests along its coastline, the second-largest mangrove cover in India after West Bengal. The Gulf of Kutch, in particular, carries stands of Avicennia marina so dense that the canopy closes overhead at mid-tide. The Marine…

Times Life · Aug 31

Heavy rain lashes several parts of Odisha; red alert issued for three districts

A low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal has caused heavy rainfall across Odisha. Weather officials issued a red alert for three districts due to intense rainfall expectations. Several towns recorded significant rainfall, with Balasore and Mayurbhanj experiencing the highest amounts. An orange alert advises preparedness for calamity in ten…

The Economic Times · Aug 30

How Migratory Fish Navigate India's Rivers During the Monsoon Using a Biological Compass Science Is Still Mapping

The fish that reads the river like a mapThe Hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha, can detect a change in water salinity of less than 0.1 parts per thousand. That sensitivity is not incidental. It is the opening move in one of the most precise navigational performances in freshwater biology. Every monsoon, adult…

Times Life · Aug 29

China joins India search for 22 missing after cargo ship sinks

Chinese authorities were assisting India's search for 22 crew members missing after a Panama-flagged cargo vessel sank in the Bay of Bengal last week, the Indian Coast Guard said. Despite locating an emergency beacon linked to the vessel, rescuers have yet to find any additional survivors, Indian Coast Guard spokesman…

The Economic Times · Aug 26

Chilika Lake's Hidden Biodiversity: The Aquatic Species Living in India's Largest Coastal Lagoon

A Lake That Is Not Quite a LakeChilika is a brackish water lagoon, not a freshwater lake, and that distinction is the biological engine behind everything that lives in it. Spread across roughly 1,100 square kilometres along the Odisha coast, it sits at the meeting point of the Mahanadi river…

Times Life · Aug 26

Beyond Tigers: How the Sundarbans' Tidal Mangrove Web Keeps Asia's Largest Forest Alive

The Mud Is the EngineThe Sundarbans sits across roughly 10,000 square kilometres of the Bengal delta, where the Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers meet the Bay of Bengal. Twice a day, tidal water floods the forest floor and retreats, depositing silt and carrying nutrients. This cycle, not the trees, not…

Times Life · Aug 26

Rescuers find no trace of 22 missing crew days after cargo ship sinks in Bay of Bengal

Rescuers searching for 22 missing sailors have found no trace of their Panama-flagged cargo ship that sank in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of India

The Independent UK · Aug 25