City researchers have developed 'smart & cooler' leather from tannery waste suitable for tropical summers PMO India CSIR, India CSIR-CLRI CSIR-CSMCRI (Official) Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Central Pollution Control Board Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

Heavy rain with thunder and strong winds in #Aminjikarai now #ChennaiRains Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman MasRainman IMD-Tamilnadu Weather India Meteorological Department

Two trees uprooted in my apartment complex at Aminjikarai now Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman IMD-Tamilnadu Weather India Meteorological Department Greater Chennai Corporation

India's manned deep ocean mission #samudrayaan is only a few months away; MoES NIOT successfully tests underwater telephone to be used in the mission, at Idukki Dam PMO India MoES GoI National Centre for Coastal Research INCOIS, MoES Anusandhan National Research Foundation CSIR, India CSIR-NIO GOA NCPOR Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

If you don't declutter your bedroom, watch your linens and even pillows, you're at a risk of prolonged exposure to microfibres. An IIT Madras study found high levels of textile microfibres in #Chennai homes PMO India CMOTamilNadu Greater Chennai Corporation Anusandhan National Research Foundation Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

A mining system developed by MoES NIOT will undergo 1st deep sea trials in 2026. The system is designed to scoop polymetallic nodules from the seabed at 6km depth, crush and push it to a waiting ship. PMO India MoES GoI NCPOR CSIR-NIO GOA INCOIS, MoES Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

2 MoES NIOT scientists took a 5000m dive into the Atlantic Ocean aboard French submersible 'Nautile' in a 9hour expedition; they may soon travel in India's vehicle Matsya6000 PMO India MoES GoI NCPOR CSIR-NIO GOA INCOIS, MoES IIT Madras Narendra Modi Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

Reaearchers from National Centre for Coastal Research found fishing gear, abandoned by fishermen, to be damaging coral reefs in Palk Bay PMO India CMOTamilNadu M.K.Stalin - தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் MoES GoI Anusandhan National Research Foundation MoES NIOT Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology INCOIS, MoES CSIR-NIO GOA

India's east coast is eroding; INCOIS, MoES finds it would be worse without Sri Lanka as the island nation is protecting the coast from Southern Ocean's storm surge PMO India MoES GoI MoEF&CC Anusandhan National Research Foundation National Centre for Coastal Research MoES NIOT CSIR-NIO GOA NCPOR Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

Researchers found traces of 13 toxic metals and metalloids in Dugongs in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, blame polluted seagrass diet PMO India CMOTamilNadu M.K.Stalin - தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் MoES GoI MoEF&CC National Centre for Coastal Research MoES NIOT INCOIS, MoES Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology CSIR-NIO GOA Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

Researchers at MoES NIOT have developed an ocean observation tech operated from a moving boat; it is a shift from stationary or moored instruments deployed from large ships PMO India MoES GoI National Centre for Coastal Research INCOIS, MoES CSIR-NIO GOA Anusandhan National Research Foundation NCPOR Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

The Giant African Snail you spot in your neighourhood during a rain spell may be carrying a parasite that can cause brain infection in human; It's one of the 100 worst alien invasive species PMO India CMOTamilNadu Greater Chennai Corporation MoEF&CC National Centre for Coastal Research Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

City researchers find microscopic algae colonising plastic and degrading it, can help in tackling plastic pollution PMO India CMOTamilNadu Greater Chennai Corporation National Centre for Coastal Research World Economic Forum MoES GoI MoES NIOT Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

Painted storks have started breeding in the restored Adyar Eco Park; a nest with two chicks observed in 2020 became the first documented breeding of the species in the wetland. PMO India CMOTamilNadu MoEF&CC Greater Chennai Corporation Convention on Wetlands Chennai Updates Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

Floating radars, lidars and a wirewalker, MoES NIOT is developing multiple techs to track ocean weather to improve India Meteorological Department's weather forecast accuracy PMO India CMOTamilNadu IMD-Tamilnadu Weather World Meteorological Organization MoES GoI MoEF&CC INCOIS, MoES CSIR-NIO GOA National Centre for Coastal Research Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

Study finds 4 out of 10 black rats in the city carry parasitic worm Calodium Hepaticum that can spread to humans through ingestion and cause liver damage in extreme cases CMOTamilNadu M.K.Stalin - தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் Greater Chennai Corporation Chennai Metro Water UrbaserSumeet Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University Chennai Rains (COMK) Tamil Nadu Weatherman

India’s neutrino dream, once set to place South India on the global science map, collapsed under poor outreach, disinformation, and lost political will. PMO India DAE India BhabhaAtomic Tata Institute of Fundamental Research The Institute of Mathematical Sciences CMOTamilNadu IIT Madras IIAstrophysics IISc Bangalore ISRO MoEF&CC

Hydrogen used to power vehicles and #Rockets can soon be produced from leather waste, CSIR-CLRI's tech will also help reduce #pollution from leather processing. PMO India CSIR, India MoEF&CC DSTIndia UN Environment Programme National Centre for Coastal Research Anusandhan National Research Foundation

A Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University study finds that irregular deworming, poor awareness of zoonotic diseases, and allowing pets to defecate in public increase the risk of disease transmission from pets to owners. CMOTamilNadu Greater Chennai Corporation PETA India MoEF&CC Ministry of Health PMO India

A thread of videos from today’s flight into Hurricane Melissa In this first one we are entering from the southeast just after sunrise and the bright arc on the far northwest eye wall is the light just beginning to make it over the top from behind us.