China denies politics behind UNESCO move on Barrier Reef Subject: Environment Context: A top Chinese official said on Sunday that political tensions between Beijing and Australia were not behind a UNESCO recommendation to place the Great Barrier Reef on its endangered list. Concept : About Great Barrier Reef: It is the world’s most […]

    Wildfire Subject: Environment Context: By nearly every metric, the wildfires in the Western United States are worsening. They are growing larger, spreading faster and reaching higher, scaling mountain elevations that previously were too wet and cool to have supported fires this fierce. Concept: Wildfires worsening In the forests of the Western United States, […]

    China starts long-awaited carbon trading scheme Subject  : Environment / IR Context : China has introduced the emissions trading system. Concept : The much-awaited scheme would act as a key tool in its quest to drive down climate change-causing greenhouse gases and go carbon neutral by 2060. China has hailed it as the […]

    Amazon rainforests Subject: Environment Context: In a study published in the journal Nature, scientists who conducted this research over a period of nine years in the eastern Amazon forests have said that a significant amount of deforestation in eastern and southeastern Brazil has turned the forest into a source of CO2 that has […]

    Water pollution caused by detergents Subject: Environment Context: Contamination and pollution of water are serious problems today. Concept: Water pollution caused by detergents is now a big concern in the global context. The per capita detergent consumption in India is around 2.7 kilogram per year. It is around 10 kg in the United States of America. Constituents Nonylphenol, a […]