Marine Plastic Pollution Subject :Environment Section: Pollution Context: Polymer plume, Over 170 trillion plastic particles are floating in the oceans, says study More on the News: Oceans across the world are polluted by a growing plastic smog composed primarily of micro-plastics, according to a new study. An estimated 171 trillion plastic particles, weighing […]
Combined Antarctic-Arctic Sea ice extent lowest Subject :Environment Section: Climate Change Context: This year, the combined sea ice extent of the Antarctic and Arctic was also the lowest-ever for January, said the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). More on the News: January 2023 ended as the seventh warmest globally, and […]
Antibiotic drugs administered on livestock cut carbon in soil and affect climate, says IISc Subject: Environment Concept: In a study conducted in the Spiti region of the Himalayas by the researchers of the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), it was found that grazing by livestock leads to lower […]
Long lost moth species caught on camera in TN forest Subject :Environment Section: Species in news Concept : Recently, two researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted a rare moth species for the first time in India in the buffer zone of Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Mimeusemiaceylonica Mimeusemiaceylonica is a moth species belonging to the […]
India will be the biggest carbon market by 2030 Subject : Environment Section: Climate Change Concept : By 2030, India will be the biggest carbon market in the world, Abhay Bakre, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, has said. Indian companies have been generating and selling carbon credits, their buyers have always been […]
Treaty on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Subject : Environment Section: International Conventions Concept : For the first time, United Nations members have agreed for an early conclusion of the International Legally Binding Instrument of BBNJ under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Background The […]
Kochi dump yard smoke to be contained in two days Subject : Environment Section: Pollution Concept : The toxic smoke from the waste dump yard at Brahmapuram — where a major fire broke out — spread to a radius of more than 10 km, causing breathing difficulties for city residents and reduced visibility […]
Meeting carbon sink target Subject :Environment Section: Climate Change Context: India updated its climate commitments. It said it would reduce the emissions intensity of its economy — emissions per unit of GDP—by45percentfrom2005levelsinsteadofthe33to 35per cent promised earlier. And that it would ensure that renewables formed at least 50 per cent — up from theoriginal40percent—of […]
Rice husk biochar removes fluoride from groundwater, prevents drinking water contamination, new study shows Subject :Environment Section: Pollution Why flouride contamination is dangerous? Prolonged fluoride consumption in higher concentrations in drinking water can cause dental fluorosis, skeletal fluorosis, kidney diseases, arthritis. Skeletal fluorosis is somewhat more difficult to identify unless significant deformation occurs […]
GI (Geographical Indication) tag for the khorasani imli or the fruit of the baobab Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: Madhya Pradesh seeks GI tag for the fruit of the endangered baobab in Mandu What is Baobad? It is Native to mainland Africa and the island country of Madagascar It is a deciduous tree( […]