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India holds naval exercises with US, Japan.

Who Will Win the Great China-India Naval War of 2020?

Our oceans and the complex "conveyer belt" system of currents that connects them play an important role in regulating global climate. The oceans store heat from the Sun, and ocean currents transport that heat from the tropics to the poles. They release the heat and moisture into the air, which moderates climate nearby. But what happens if part of that conveyer belt jams?

In coming decades as coastal communities around the world are expected to encounter sea-level rise, the general expectation has been that people's migration toward the coast will slow or reverse in many places.

In recent years, shoreline determination has become an issue of increasing importance and concern, especially at the local level, as sea level continues to rise. This study identifies the rates of absolute and net erosion, accretion, and shoreline stabilization along the coast of Kuakata, a vulnerable coastal region in south-central Bangladesh. Shoreline change was detected by applying remote sensing and geographic information system (RS-GIS)-based techniques by using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM), Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) satellite images at 30-m resolution from 1989, 2003, 2010, and 2020. The band combination (BC) method was used to extract the shoreline (i.e., land-water boundary) due to its improved accuracy over other methods for matching with the existing shoreline position. This study also used participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools which revealed the societal impacts caused by the shoreline changes. Coupling RS-GIS and PRA techniques provides an enhanced understanding of shoreline change and its impacts because PRA enriches the RS-GIS outcomes by contextualizing the findings. Results show that from 1989 to 2020, a total of 13.59 km2 of coastal land was eroded, and 3.27 km2 of land was accreted, suggesting that land is retreating at about 0.32 km2 yr-1. Results from the PRA tools support this finding and demonstrate that fisheries and tourism are affected by the shoreline change. These results are important in Kuakata, a major tourist spot in Bangladesh, because of the impacts on fisheries, recreation, resource extraction, land use planning, and coastal risk management.

Tsunami Waves Amplified by Buildings.

Malabar: India, Japan, US to focus on 'anti-submarine' warfare.

India had previously shown interest in purchasing these drones from the US, but attempts were thwarted as India was not a member of Missile Technology Control Regime(MTCR).

India had previously shown interest in purchasing these drones from the US, but attempts were thwarted as India was not a member of Missile Technology Control Regime(MTCR).

U.S. plans 10-month warship deployment to Singapore.

L'océan Indien sera-t-il chinois ?

U.S. Navy Rescues 10 From Iranian Ship on Fire.

Sumatra coastal cave records stunning tsunami history.

OBAMA, MODI Work To Deepen U.S. - India Cooperation On Maritime Security.

Understanding subduction zone earthquakes.

Understanding subduction zone earthquakes.

What happened to MH370? Prediction markets might give us the answer.

What happened to MH370? Prediction markets might give us the answer.

No climate breakthrough in Durban: Maldives.

Flight MH370: Malaysia releases raw satellite data.

India must engage maritime nations.

India must engage maritime nations.