#indianocean — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #indianocean, aggregated by home.social.
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Their African Islands Were Set to Be Decolonized. Then the U.S. Bombed Iran.
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Mauritius keeps its best scenery right at the water's edge.
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Anatomy Of A Seafloor Spreading Event Captured By In Situ Seismogeodesy
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10785-0 <-- shared paper
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-a-first-scientists-witness-the-seafloor-spread-in-real-time-giving-them-a-rare-glimpse-at-a-mysterious-geologic-process-180989123/ <-- shared technical media article
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H/T @Seabed 2030
“🔍 For the first time, scientists have observed seafloor spreading in real time.
Seafloor spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges - a geological process that has shaped entire ocean basins over millions of years.
During a research expedition in the Indian Ocean, scientists had just deployed a suite of instruments when a series of earthquakes triggered a seafloor spreading event, allowing them to observe the process as it unfolded.
The findings offer rare new insights into how new oceanic crust forms and how the seafloor continues to evolve…”
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“Earth’s outermost layer - the crust - is constantly renewing itself. It’s broken into giant chunks called tectonic plates that pull apart, push against or slide past one another, creating grand geologic features.
Underwater mountain ranges, or mid-ocean ridges, for instance, generally take shape where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other. Magma can then bubble up in between, solidifying and turning into new oceanic crust as part of a process called seafloor spreading. Although the phenomenon has created entire ocean basins, it remains quite mysterious because it happens so deep in the water.
Now, for the first time, scientists have observed this dynamic activity happening in real time. They describe their findings - and their stroke of luck - in a study [link above], shedding light on a mechanism that made roughly two-thirds of Earth’s crust…”
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#Seabed2030 #OceanMapping #Hydrospatial #remotesensing #seafloor #seafloorspreading #oceanic #crust #geology #structuralgeology #IndianOcean #earthquake #midoceanridge #instrumentation #marine #seabed #hydrography #model #modeling #mapping #GIS #spatial #tectonicplates #magma #fortuitous #survey #seismogeodetic #monitoring #submarine #rifting #observation #volcanism #seismicity #dyke #fault #faulting #midoceanridge #MOR -
How Trump’s Iran ‘own goal’ is hitting long-term US strategy to contain Chinese influence
The United States has spent decades trying to blunt China’s strategic rise. Yet in the Middle East, sanctions…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Afghanistan #Beijing #BeltandRoadInitiative #breakingnews #centralasia #Chabahar #China #chinapakistaneconomiccorridor #DonaldTrump #Eurasia #Gwadar #India #IndianOcean #Iran #StraitofHormuz #UnitedStates
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Zanzibar keeps its stories where the tide leaves them.
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Underwater Images From the Seychelles
Photographs from a week of diving in the inner Seychelles — most shot from the liveaboard S.Y. Sea Bird, the rest from resort boat dives off Mahé. Seven galleries: reef, batfish, nudibranchs, octopus, ambush predators, echinoderms and coral restoration.https://scubahanknyc.com/2026/07/26/underwater-images-from-the-seychelles/
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3MA – AnaRouz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/3ma-anarouz-espoir-hope/
3MA = Ballaké Sissoko (Kora), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Rajery (Valiha)
AnaRouz (Espoir/Hope) is an album released in 2017.
3MA is the meeting of three string-instrument virtuosi, emblematic of their countries in Africa, but also of generous artists who share a musical passion, a reciprocal dialogue and a beautiful friendship. In 2006 when the Malian […]
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The Maldives is 1,192 islands. None of them rise more than 1.8 meters from the sea.
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Ukrainian defense firm Skyfall unveils new JetKiller interceptor drone . . . . . Ukrainian drones strike oil refinery, explosions seen near 'Russia's Amazon' logistics hub . . . . . 13 more Russian shadow fleet vessels struck in Azov Sea and Black Sea over last 2 days . . . . . Russians are furious about Ukraine's new Commander-in-Chief Drapatyi . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/thursday-july-23-2026/
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The Dizzy Brains
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dizzy-brains-maso-mahita/
The Dizzy Brains is a garage rock band, as there are many around the world, except they are from Madagascar, one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world.The quartet started their music career 10+ years ago in Antananarivo. Their latest album, Maso Mahita (“the eyes that see”), was released in September 2024. […]
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LohArano – Tandroka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/loharano-tandroka/
“Tandroka” is a song by LohArano, from their first EP.Their studio album “Lohamboto” in 2021 mixes (Hard) Rock and Malagasy ternary rhythms.
LohArano affirms their mixed heritage that created their story. It’s a parable of Malagasy’s past, present and future identity told through their bubbling rock fusion combining electric guitars and mystical sounds [...]
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One boat ride away from your next obsession 🚤✨🏝
Read more: https://flip.it/aDq2iJ
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Nathalie Natiembé – Bonbon Zetwal
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nathalie-natiembe-bonbon-zetwal/
L’album “Bonbon Zetwal,” sorti en octobre 2013, marque une légère évolution du style de Nathalie Natiembé, qui s’essaye à une musique plus planante, avec des touches “années 1970,” ouverte plus largement sur le monde et ses nombreux styles musicaux.
Nathalie Natiembé est une chanteuse réunionnaise de maloya, marquée par [...]
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Danyèl Waro – Mandela (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/danyel-waro-mandela/
Danyel Waro (Daniel Hoareau – May 1955) was born and raised at the Ile de la Réunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. He is the most renowned proponent of the Maloya, a compound rhythm which had its origin in chants of enslaved workers on the sugar cane plantations, a […]
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Alefa Madagascar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salegy-alefa-madagascar/
“Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984,” the first compilation to document the unique music culture on the island during the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Originating as far back as the 15th Century through folkloric ceremonial music and an a cappella chanting style called antsa, salegy emerged as a fast-tempoed local dance […]
#70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #IndianOcean #Madagascar #Soukous
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Jaojoby – Somaiko Somainao
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jaojoby-somaiko-somainao/
Eusèbe Jaojoby (born 29 July 1955) is a Malagasy composer and singer of Salegy, a musical style of northwestern Madagascar. Critics consider him to be one of the originators of the modern Salegy style that emerged in the 1970s, and credit him with transforming the genre from an obscure regional musical tradition into one of […]
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The return to the Pacific Command name may signal a shift in U.S. strategic priorities away from the broader Indo-Pacific framework despite official claims that the change is purely symbolic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2026/06/26/pacom-name-change-unnerves-many/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #us #dod #indopacificcommand #uspacificcommand #pacom #indianocean #pacificocean #china #shinzoabe #india #pentagon #narendramodi #coldwar #taiwan #defense
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Dragonfly Migration Rivals Seabirds: 100 Species Confirmed in First Global Count
An American emperor dragonfly accelerates streaks of smoke down when it flaps its four wings. The photo has…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Amurfalcon #Animalmigration #AU #Australia #Climatechange #dragonflymigration #globeskimmer #IndianOcean #InsectMigration #Pantalaflavescens
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Three islands, endless dreams, zero self-control 🌊🏝✨
Read more: https://flip.it/Lnk1hk
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Largest #whale ‘graveyard’ discovered, with skeletons spanning 5 million years
The fossilized remains of more than 450 #whales have amassed along a 750-mile-long stretch of the #IndianOcean floor
The researchers were able to use their submersible to collect 33 samples of the #fossils, which were dated to between 5.26 million and 120,000 years old—a stunning range.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/largest-whale-graveyard-discovered-with-skeletons-spanning-5-million-years/
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐋🦴 Chinese scientists piloting the submersible Fendouzhe in the southeast #IndianOcean found fossil sites spanning 1,200 km at depths up to 7,000 m.
The #bones belong mostly to beaked #whales, with the oldest dating back 5.3 million years. Living #jellyfish, brittle stars, and bone-boring #worms still call these ancient carcasses home, allowing whale fall to serve as a #deepsea #ecosystem.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/whale-graveyard-indian-ocean/
#fossils #marinebiology #science #beakedwhales #paleontology #submersible #nature #pliocene #ocean #expedition
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‘Finding a “#whale #necropolis” where there are nearly 800 #skeletons per square kilometre is a surprise, and the mix of whale types is a puzzle.’
Deepest and most extensive whale #graveyard discovered in #IndianOcean | #Whales | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/10/deepest-most-extensive-whale-graveyard-discovered-indian-ocean #science #biology #MarineBiology #ocean #cetaceans
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Why Mozambique’s Coral Reefs Are Thriving
Mozambique · Indian Ocean · World Ocean Day Many reefs are being pushed to their limits by warming seas, bleaching, and habitat loss. Tofo Beach, on Mozambique's Inhambane coast, tells a more complicated story. It is not untouched, and it is not immune from pressure — but it is a productive reef system where oceanography, marine life, and long-term conservation work intersect. On World Ocean Day 2026, with WorldOceanDay.org's action theme centered on Strong Marine Protected Areas […] -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ blue-billed white tern ✧
The blue-billed white tern (Gygis candida) is a small tropical seabird in the family Laridae, occurring across the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Formerly treated as a subspecies within the white tern complex, conspecific with the the Atlantic white tern (G. alba) and the little white tern (G. mic...
#indianocean #pacificocean #seychelles #maldives #smalltropicalseabird #wikipedia
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Beach in Wilderness, South Africa, by RickG59
https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjStdk9Ga00
#southafrica #indianocean #sea #blue #water #cky #clouds #sand #waves #beautyful #nikon #z7ii #flickr #thingsdavidlikes
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SpaceX's Starship V3 experienced an engine failure during its 12th test flight on Friday, May 22, 2026. The rocket did not reach its planned orbit and landed in the Indian Ocean.
#Starship #SpaceX #SpaceLaunch #RocketFailure #IndianOcean
https://newsletter.tf/starship-flight-12-fails-orbit-crashes-indian-ocean/
