The 2004 Indian ... Ocean tsunami is among the worst natural disasters on record - leaving hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced from their homes. These are just some of the shocking ...

The December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by slippage of about 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) of the boundary between the India and Burma plates off the west coast of northern Sumatra.

It has been 10 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake devastated parts of Indonesia Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. The disaster was the world's deadliest tsunami, with over 230,000 ...

A rapid loss of phytoplankton threatens to turn the western Indian Ocean into an “ecological desert,” a new study warns. The research reveals that phytoplankton populations in the region fell ...

From 1950-2020, the Indian Ocean had become warmer by 1.2°C and climate models expect it to heat up a further 1.7°C–3.8°C from 2020–2100. While we are familiar with heatwaves on land ...