Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on Mumbai Subject: Environment Context: Mumbai is set to experience the highest increase in total annual rainfall among Indian metropolitan cities in the 21st century, the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warned. Concept: The city is likely to suffer from high mean temperature […]
Bhitarkanka National Park Subject: Environment Context: Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park, the second-largest mangrove forest in India, IS under severe threat due to planned diversion of freshwater from the Brahmani river basin. Concept: Bhitarkanka National Park Bhitarkanika is a unique habitat of Mangrove Forests crisscrossed with numerous creeks and mud flats located in Kendra Para […]
Vulture populations Subject: Environment Context: Endangered vulture population still under threat Concept: Vultures are nature’s most efficient scavengers, halting all the bacteria and fungus from spreading from dead animal carcasses in the environment. The seven species in Africa and eight species in India are threatened with extinction. India has lost 99 per cent […]
Dugong Subject – Environment Context – TN to set up 500-sq km Dugong reserve in Palk Bay. Concept – Dugong also called ‘Sea Cow’ is one of the four surviving species in the Order Sirenia and it is the only existing species of herbivorous mammal that lives exclusively in the sea including in India. They are listed […]
Pelicans Subject – Environment Context – Kokkrebellur pelicans to be geo tagged. Concept – Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale […]
Dinosaur Subject – Environment Context – Footprints of 3 dinosaur species found in Thar. Concept – In a major discovery, footprints of three species of dinosaurs have been found in the Thar desert in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, proving the presence of the giant reptiles in the western part of the State, which formed […]
Edible Oil Subject – Geography / Environment Context – Edible oil prices likely to ease by December: official Concept – Current situation India’s import bill of edible oils will top ₹1.20-lakh crore this year from ₹75,000 crore last year. According to SEA, the country has 3 lakh hectares of land under oil palm cultivation, producing around 2.80 lakh tonnes of […]
Turtle Conservation Subject – Environment Context – Indian biologist wins global award for turtle conservation Concept – Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of extinction –red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagurkachuga), northern river terrapin (Batagurbaska), and black […]