By synthesizing global data on deep-sea sand deposits, researchers identified a signal or “fingerprint” of extreme climate change from about 50 million years ago: turbidite deposits.

Desert Rub’ Al-Khali Is the Largest “Sand Sea” in the World, but It Was a 138-Foot-Deep Thriving Lake 8,000 Years Ago Earth has gone through a multitude of changes. Tectonic plates and ...

Fishermen under the aegis of All India Fishermen Congress (AIFC) Alappuzha district unit staged a protest at sea off Thottappally coast against the Union government’s plan for deep-sea sand ...

An earlier proposal for deep sea sand-mining in the early 2000s had run into strong opposition from various political parties. The proposal had been virtually given up owing to its adverse ...

Photograph: Sanjay Sharma/ANI Photo On March 4, 2025, the Kerala assembly passed a resolution urging the central government to withdraw its decision allowing deep sea mining off the state's coast.

Kottayam: AICC general secretary (organization) and Alappuzha MP KC Venugopal dared chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to show the courage to tell the Centre to stop the deep-sea sand mining off ...