Windows on the water

Article Abstract:

Marine life conservation began with the opening of the New York Aquarium in Battery Park in 1896. It had seven pools and 94 wall tanks with the facility of cooling and heating the water and a capacity to circulate 300,000 gallons of seawater per day. It was constructed in 1896 and was later handed over to the Wildlife Conservation Society in 1902. The aquarium made significant progress in protecting marine life from animals. The construction of a bridge connecting Battery Park and Brooklyn necessitated the demolition of the Aquarium which was reconstructed in 1957. Critical Ocean Wildlife Recovery Initiative advocates public exhibition, education programs, field research, and conservation of coral reefs and pellagic fisheries.

Marine biology

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Mermaid mysteries: Looking for dugongs in the Indian Ocean

Article Abstract:

Dugongs are mammals with fishy-looking tails and live only in salty water from the eastern coast of Africa through Southeast Asia. They were once abundantly found in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Indian Ocean where local tribes called Onge live, but both the tribe and the dugong population have decreased in the 21st century.

Indian Ocean, Mammal populations, Dugongs

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The tsunami and the Onge: The day the land became water

Article Abstract:

The islands on 26 December 2004 were devastated by the 'Tsunami' but the Onge and other tribal people as well as much of the wildlife, managed to survive. The story of survival of Onge tribe who lived around Dugong Creek in the north of Andaman is described, giving details of the affected areas.

Economic aspects, Environmental aspects, Tsunamis, Tribes, Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, 2004

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