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Forest Fires of Amazon
A slew of forest fires have appeared in the rainforests of the Amazon, which causing large parts of the forest to go up in flames and has destroyed biomass accumulated over millions of years of accumulated biomass in an instance. While forest fires in the Amazon are not new, this year a record 73000 forest ..
Topics: Amazon rainforest • Biomass • Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere • Climate forcing • Climate forcing agents • deforestation • Forest • Nature • Old-growth forest • Rainforest • Rainforests • Wildfire
China launches satellite to monitor global gas emissions
China has launched a 620-kg satellite TanSat into orbit to monitor global carbon dioxide levels to understand climate change. The satellite was put into orbit by Long March-2D rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre located in Gobi Desert. Apart from TanSat satellite, a high-resolution micro-nano satellite and two spectrum micro-nano satellites for agricultural and forestry ..
Topics: Carbon dioxide • Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere • Carbon monitoring • Climate forcing • Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 • Satellite • Spacecraft • Spaceflight • TanSat
3% rise in Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2011
As per the report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, there is a 3% surge in the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in 2011. The 3 % increase took the total amount of CO2 in air at an all-time high of 34 billion tonnes. The report was published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Topics: Atmosphere of Earth • Carbon dioxide • Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere • Climate change mitigation • Climate change policy • Climate forcing • Climate forcing agents • Climatology • Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey
Current Affairs: Science, Technology & Environment: 20.6.09
This Post Published on 20.6.09June 18, 2009 : Current carbon dioxide levels highest in past 2.1 mn yearsJune18, 2009 : NASA starts back to moon with dual missionJune18, 2009 : Oceansat 2 to be ready by AugustJune19, 2009 : New global programme to save tigers to link IndiaJune 18, 2009 : Current carbon dioxide levels ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2009
Topics: Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere • Chemical compounds • Greenhouse gases • In India • Indian Space Research Organisation • LCROSS • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter • Moon • NASA • Oceansat-2 • Spacecraft • Spaceflight