An international study by marine scientists based in Singapore has revealed that sea-level rise in the Indian Ocean began ...

A 2016 satellite photo shows nearly a dozen swirling dark spots that emerged in the clouds over Heard Island in the Indian ...

La Niña and El Niño events are the most well-known type of ocean variability to affect Australia. During a La Niña, the west ...

A wet finish to the year is increasingly favoured across Australia as a major climate driver emerges for the first time in ...

A parliamentary panel has raised alarms over China's growing presence and influence in the Indian Ocean Region, which may ...

A parliamentary panel on external affairs has expressed concern over China's growing presence and influence in the Indian ...

Parliamentary committee warns of escalating Chinese presence in Indian Ocean Region, advises India to strengthen alliances ...

Geography cannot be altered. Nations must live with it and craft policies accordingly. Sri Lanka can no longer rely on vague ...

The Indian Ocean geoid low (IOGL) is a 1.2 million-square-mile (3 million square kilometers) depression found 746 miles (1,200 kilometers) southwest of India.

Get The Brighter Side of News’ newsletter. The Indian Ocean Geoid Low spans 1.2 million square miles where a deep gravity anomaly causes the sea surface to sink by as much as 106 meters.

“But the geoid low in the Indian Ocean is one of the most profound gravitational anomalies on our planet.” The gravity hole likely took its current shape about 20 million years ago and will ...