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What is Ocean Rewilding?
Ocean Rewilding is expected to come up in COP26. A network of 68 European organisations are working together to find ways to reinvigorate the marine life of the earth. Rewilding is restoring to its natural uncultivated state. This is done by introducing animal or plant species that have been exterminated (destroyed completely) or driven out ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Carbon Sequestration • COP26 • France • Marine pollution • mediterranean sea • Ocean pollution • ocean rewilding • UK
What is Potamophylax coronavirus?
Kosovar Biologist Halil Ibrahimi has named a newly discovered insect after COVID-19 virus. About the insect Ibrahimi spent years working on a different type of Caddisfly species. The species was found in Accursed Mountains (Kosovo’s Western Bjeshket e Nemuna National Park). It has now been named as “Potamophylax coronavirus”. The species is endemic to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Adriatic Sea • hydropower plant • mediterranean sea • national park • New Species • UNESCOS World Heritage List. • United Nations
What is Suez Canal Blockade?
A container ship called the “Ever Given” recently ran aground in the Suez Canal. This blocked more than 400 ships from transiting the canal. The blockage created huge impacts on global trade and is referred to as Suez Canal Crisis 2021 or Suez Canal Blockade. Impacts of the Blockade The Cargo ship was headed from ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: APEDA • Egypt • Four point plan on Suez Canal situation • global trade • israel • Mediterranean • mediterranean sea • MPEDA • Suez Canal • United Nations
State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries, 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization recently released the “State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries”, 2018. According to the report, the number of stocks subject to overfishing has decreased for the first time in decades in Mediterranean and Black sea marine Eco systems. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) operating under Food and ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Black Sea • Fishing • Food and Agriculture Organisation • General Fisheries Commission for Mediterranean • mediterranean sea • SDG 14 • Sustainable Development Goals • trawler
What are Western Disturbances?
The recent Western Disturbance is responsible for an increased amount of snowfall in J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and the rapid dip in Delhi’s temperature. In several other states, the Western Disturbances have tightened its grip creating foggy conditions. What are Western Disturbances? It travels from the western to the Eastern part of the world. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Himalayas • mediterranean sea • Rabi Crops • South West Monsoon • westerlies • western disturbances