India’s female seaweed divers swim against the tide of climate change
Seaweed growth has declined in the last decade, making it more difficult to do a job their children would never do
30 March 2020 - 16:35
In a blue plastic barrel, Meenakshi Mookupori packed her belongings for a five-day stay on an island in the Indian Ocean, off the Coromandel coast of south India.
Besides her clothes, toothbrush and soap, she included her diving gear — a worn-out pair of black socks, a locally made pair of goggles, cheap plastic slippers, cloth gloves, a round metallic plate with straps — and pain killers...
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