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Ocean Forecasting System
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences inaugurated the Ocean Forecasting System for Indian Ocean countries Comoros, Madagascar, and Mozambique. It was unveiled at the third Ministerial Meeting of Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning ..
Glacier Mass Balance
Glacier Mass Balance is the gain and loss of ice from the glacier system. When glaciers lose more mass than they receive, it will be in negative mass balance and so will recede. When glaciers gain more mass than they ..
Union Cabinet approves agreement with UNESCO on establishment of International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has recently approved the establishment of International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography, as a Category-2 Centre (C2C) of UNESCO, in Hyderabad. The purpose of this Agreement is to establish a ..
Earth might face more Heat Waves: NASA
As per warnings of NASA, the Earth might face an intense summer heat wave than what it faced b/w 1951 to 1980. Agency reveals that over the past 30 years the northern hemisphere has seen more "hot", "very hot"and “extremely ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Zeidora Antarctica : New Species among Molluscs
An uncommon species of “Mollusc” has been recently revealed in waters of the Antarctic by the researchers from Spain. The Mollusc looks like limpets but is larger in dimension. The discovered “Mollusc” species was named “Zeidora Antarctica”. Zeidora Antarctica 14 ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Microfossils at Strelley Pool hint at life on Mars
In Western Australia, there is a remote large, dry, thinly populated region called Pilbara, which is famous for its vast mineral deposits. In this Pilbara region, there is a site known as Strelley Pool, where in 2007, some of the ..