Why Should India Invest in Deep Ocean Research?

The oceans are one of the three unique features of planet Earth, along with plate tectonics and the protective atmosphere covering the planet. The oceans are a key part of our lives and have excited the human mind for a long time. A better understanding of the oceans and their resources is necessary to maintain the delicate ecological balance in the ocean. The oceans are a storehouse of living and non-living resources, and have features at the seabed that have not been explored hitherto.