The Indian navy considers the ocean as an area of vital importance and the country itself as a security provider for its neighbors. The Xiang Yang Hong 03 reached the Indian Ocean on July 11 after ...

In the Indian Ocean, there is a place where the laws of gravity seem to falter—a gigantic depression in the Earth’s geoid where the gravitational force is weaker than normal, causing the sea level to ...

The Indian Ocean geoid low (IOGL) is a 1.2 million-square-mile ... the low's gravity is so weak that a layer of its water has been snatched away — making the sea level over the hole 348 feet ...

Sea level can be over 100 meters lower than global average in this section of Indian Ocean Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

The sea level dips by over 328 feet (100 meters) in a "gravity hole" first discovered in 1948. Today, scientists hypothesize that the hole in the Indian Ocean was shaped by plumes of magma coming ...

Chinese PLA-linked vessels map the Indian Ocean for submarine warfare. Beijing’s growing research activities in international waters are designed to expand undersea military operations, analysts say ...

Global mean sea level increased by 0.20m between 1901 and 2018, with an average rate increase of 1.3 mm/ year between 1901 and 1971,1.9 mm/year between 1971 and 2006, and 3.7 mm/year between 2006 ...

The Indian Ocean geoid low (IOGL) is a 1.2 million-square-mile ... the low's gravity is so weak that a layer of its water has been snatched away — making the sea level over the hole 348 feet ...