Carbon bombs Subject: Environment Section : Climate Change Context: A group of environmentalists, lawyers, and activists have come together to identify and ‘defuse carbon bombs’– coal, oil and gas projects that have the potential to contribute significantly to global warming. The usage of the term ‘carbon bombs’ picked up after an investigative project […]
Vermin Subject: Environment Section: Acts and Policies Context: Bill to amend Wild Life (Protection) Act gives Centre direct power to declare any species ‘vermin’, potentially impacting hundreds of species. Concept: WLPA: The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 brings in a major change by reducing the number of schedules from six to four. […]
Bonn Climate Conference Subject: Environment Section: Conventions Context: The United Nations’ mid-year climate change conference commenced in Bonn, Germany, with a stand-off between developing and developed countries on the issue of loss and damage (L&D). Concept: The Bonn summit, also known as the 56th session of the subsidiary bodies (SB 56) is led by […]
Invasive freshwater fish in the Ganges Subject: Environment Section: Climate Change Context: Regional climate model studies in the Ganges River basin predict an increase in the mean annual temperature by 1 to 4 degrees Celsius between 2010 and 2050.This steep incline could potentially open up newer parts of the Ganges River to non-native […]
Kalahari Bird Subject: Environment Section: Climate Change Context: A study led by the University of Cape Town has found that an increase in temperatures could see the hornbill disappear from parts of the Kalahari by 2027. Concept: In the present study, the researchers collected data from pairs breeding in wooden nest boxes at […]
Carbon dioxide levels Subject: Environment Section :Climate Change Context: Carbon level in atmosphere hits new milestone, 50 percent higher than pre-industrial levels. Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere: Carbon dioxide measured at the Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory, Hawaii, run by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), peaked for 2022 at 421 […]