Topic: Nature
Pando: World’s Oldest Living Organism
Pando is a remarkable clonal colony of quaking aspen trees in Utah, which spans 106 acres and consists of around 47,000 individual trees. Pando is connected by an...
National Workshop on HeatWave 2020
The National Workshop on Preparedness, Mitigation and Management of Heat Wave was inaugurated in Bengaluru, Karnataka on December 5th. This 2 day workshop is being jointly organised by...
Global carbon emission’s link to India’s economic growth
Recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change showed a link between the lower global carbon emission growth with India’s slowing economy. The growth in carbon dioxide...
World Meteorological Organisation report
In light of the ongoing UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Madrid, Spain, the World Meteorological Organisation has released its annual report predicting a grim outlook for...
High natural gas usage contributing to record high CO2 levels
Recent reports show that the level of carbon dioxide emission continues to grow despite the decline in coal consumption. The carbon dioxide emission is set to rise by...
Government notifies Steel Scrap Recycling Policy
The government has notified a Steel Scrap Recycling Policy (SSRP) to promote establishment of metal scrapping centers in India for scientific processing and recycling. Union Steel and Petroleum...
Centre scraps plan to bring changes to Forest Act
On 15 Nov, the Union Environment Ministry withdrew a draft amendment that proposed updates to the Indian Forest Act, 1927. Activist groups and some State governments have opposed...
Arctic Ocean may be invaded by microbes: Study
On 14 Nov, two studies published in the journal Cell found that the diversity of microscopic organisms habiting the Earth’s oceans are the least at the higher latitudes...
