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Oceanography
Fishermen caught rare giant grouper weighing 450kg at sea
A giant grouper weighing up to 450kg was caught by people while fishing at sea.
Oceanography
Huge gravity hole under the Indian Ocean
Experts have found a possible reason why a 3 million square kilometer gravity hole, where gravity is especially weak, formed in the Indian Ocean.
Oceanography
Huge volcano erupts from underwater
Scientists have discovered the 820m-high volcano in the western Indian Ocean, off the coast of Madagascar, after a series of extremely puzzling earthquakes.
Oceanography
First image of octopus at a depth of 7,000m
Scientists photograph Dumbo octopus swimming the largest depth ever recorded under the Indian Ocean, exceeding the previous record nearly 2,000 m.
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Tectonic plates under the Indian Ocean are broken in two
India - Australia - Capricorn tectonic plates are splitting at a rate of about 1.7 mm a year.
Environment
Extreme heat waves threaten to trigger Australian fires again
An extreme heat wave swept across Australia on January 30 with a temperature of 45 degrees Celsius and increased the risk of wildfires.
Environment
Giant super typhoon threatens 100 million Indians
Fani super typhoon with a strong wind force of more than 200km / h is about to land in India, threatening the lives of more than 100 million people living along the east…
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MH370 was found in a place not in the Cambodian forest
Malaysia Airlines' MH 370 flight is located at the bottom of the Indian Ocean in an undiscovered position - a new documentary about MH370 has been announced.
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The tribe live separately 55,000 years on the Indian Ocean Islands
The Jarawa tribe has only 400 members living on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean and activists fear they may disappear in the next 10 years, Sun reported.
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'Ghost' island in the middle of the Indian Ocean
Once a prisoner of prisoners and later became a bustling settlement, Ross has a special past before being a wild, mysterious island with ruins.
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The unprecedented achievements after the search MH370
Detailed seabed maps were made during the search of MH370 recently announced by Geoscience Australia on July 19.
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Two fragments are confirmed 'almost certainly' by MH370
According to the AP, on May 12, the Malaysian government said two fragments, discovered more in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius,
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How did the debris drift when the plane crashed?
Depending on the characteristics and structure of each part, aircraft debris can quickly sink or float on the water and wash ashore.
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New shocking hypothesis about MH370
Malaysian media has announced a new hypothesis about the fate of the aircraft bearing the number MH370 missing on March 8, 2014.