Researchers offer guide to improve ecological perceptions in Indian ocean

The Indian Ocean is located between Africa and Austral-Asia and the Southern Ocean.
The Indian Ocean is the world’s third largest ocean and covers 20% of the Earth’s surface, after the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.
Suez Canal in Egypt, the Strait of Malacca between Malaysia and Indonesia are the two most well known waterways in the Indian Ocean.
The Indian Ocean provides home to many endangered sea species such as turtles, seals and dugongs (also called sea cows).
The Indian Ocean is home to roughly one-third of the global population living among the 22 countries that border its rim.
The Indian Ocean also influences climate globally and is thought to have played a key role in regulating global mean surface temperatures.

The Indian Ocean Observing System, established in 2006, is a multinational network of sustained oceanic measurements that underpin understanding and forecasting of weather and climate for the Indian Ocean region and beyond.
It is a network of in-situ & satellite components designed to provide sustained high-quality oceanographic and marine meteorological measurements to support knowledge based decision-making through improved scientific understanding, weather and climate forecasts, and environmental assessments for the benefit of society.
It primarily focuses on physical oceanography, ocean-atmosphere, interaction and climate variability. It helps in understanding and forecasting of weather and climate for the Indian Ocean region and beyond.
IndOOS is part of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) which is coordinated through the World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations.

A group of researchers have given proposals to improve the Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS) to comprehend the effects of human-caused environmental change in a district that has been warming quicker than any other ocean.
The scientists call for four major improvements to the current observing system:

More chemical and biological measurements in at-risk ecosystems and fisheries;
Expansion into the western tropics to improve understanding of the monsoon;
Better-resolved upper ocean processes to improve predictions of rainfall, drought, and heat waves; and
Expansion into key coastal regions and the deep ocean to better constrain the basin-wide energy budget.

The upgraded IndOOS will require new agreements and partnerships with and among Indian Ocean rim countries, creating opportunities for them to enhance their monitoring and forecasting capacity.

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