All 198 members of the United Nations unanimously adopted July 1, 2022 the Lisbon Declaration on ocean conservation Subject: Environment Section: Environmental conventions Context: Lisbon Declaration on ocean conservation Recognised that developing countries, particularly small island developing states and least developed countries, need assistance with capacity building Participants at the conference also agreed […]
Lisbon Declaration Subject :Environment Section: Climate change Context: The second United Nations Oceans Conference took place in Lisbon, focusing on the protection of life under water, as dictated by U.N. Sustainable Development Goal No. 14 which aims to protect life below water. Lisbon Declaration is a suite of science-based and innovative actions, taking […]
gharial (crocodiles) Subject :Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: Pakistani officials have requested the transfer of hundreds of gharial crocodiles from Nepal in an effort to reintroduce a species last seen in Pakistan in 1985. The species is virtually extinct from countries other than Nepal and India, where it occurs in the Ganges River and […]
Dimming the glow of firefly festivals in Maharashtra Subject: Environment Section: Pollution Context: Each year, before the monsoons in Maharashtra, tourists gather in forests at night, to witness the fascinating illumination of fireflies that light up for mating. Environmentalists have opposed such festivals, citing harm to fireflies during the mating season and disruption […]
Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Mass extinction haunts oceans Subject : Environment Context: Scientists warn an imminent mass annihilation of marine species similar to one 250 million years ago that wiped out most lives in oceans Mass extinctions The scientists from Stanford University had simulated during 2016-2018 how Earth’s climate changed some 250 million […]
New pathway to regulate nitrate absorption in plants Subject : Environment Context: Researchers led by those from the National Centre of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Re- search, Bengaluru (NCBS- TIFR), have found a new pathway that regulates nitrate absorption in plants. Importance of Nitrogen for plants Nitrogen is one of the […]
Oceans Great Dying 2.0 Subject: Environment Section: Climate Change Context: Scientists have found the warming up of the oceans fundamentally disrupts the climate cycle. Concept: Marine Heatwaves The term marine heatwaves were coined for the first time only in 2011. This was after certain pockets of Western Australia experienced abnormally high sea surface […]
Coral Triangle Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context:As per a study, the impact of global temperatures exceeding 2°C for around 60 years between 2040 and 2100 would affect over 30,000 species that live on land and in the sea. Concept: Coral Triangle The Coral Triangle is a marine area located in the western Pacific […]