Tumakurense Subject – Environment Context – New plant found in Tumakuru takes the district’s name. Concept – A new plant of the Brachystelma R.Br. species has been found in Tumakuru, and has been named after the district from where its type material was collected. ‘B. tumakurense’ comes from a tuber and belongs to […]
National Hydrogen Mission Subject – Environment Context – The launch of the National Hydrogen Mission was announced by PM Modi. Concept – The aim is to make India a global hub for the production and export ofgreen hydrogen. The proposal for the National Hydrogen Mission was made in the Budget 2021 to launch […]
Wild Balsams Subject – Environment Context – Kerala researchers identify three new species in the Western Ghats region and Idukki district. Concept – Researchers have identified three new species of wild balsam in Kerala, of which two have been named after Communist veteran and former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and the former Health Minister, K.K. Shailaja. The species, belonging to the genus Impatiens (family Balsaminaceae), were spotted in the Western Ghatsregion of southern Kerala and the Idukki district during surveys. Plants of this genus are popular as ‘Kashithumba’ in Malayalam.
July 2021 – Hottest month on record Subject – Environment Context – July 2021 is the hottest month on record. Significantly, seven of the warmest Julys have occurred since 2015. Concept – Since 1880, the month of July 2021 was the hottest on Earth. This is what the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
New Ramsar sites Subject – Environment Context: Four more wetlands from India get recognition from the Ramsar Secretariat as Ramsar sites. These sites are Thol and Wadhwana from Gujarat and Sultanpur and Bhindawas from Haryana. Informing this in a tweet message, Union Environment Minister Concept: The Ramsar Convention signed on 2nd February, 1971, […]
Warming of Oceans Subject – Environment Context – The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has warned that ocean warming will continue over the 21st century and is likely to continue until at least the year 2300 even if we minimise carbon emissions. Concept – The amount of ocean warming observed […]