Oil spill Current Affairs, GK & News
What is Deepwater Horizon Disaster?
It has been eleven years since the Deepwater Horizon Oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. The explosion that occurred in the rig on April 20, 2010, killed eleven people. What is Deepwater Horizon Disaster? After two days of the explosion, oil continued to spill from the pipe for eighty-seven days. This released 377,514 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Ambaranaya river oil spill • Disaster • Gulf of Mexico • Marine pollution • oil rig • Oil spill
Ice Age Woolly Rhino
A perfectly preserved woolly Rhinoceros was found by scientists in Yakutia in Russia. Where was the Ice Age Rhino found? The Ice Age Rhino was discovered on the bank of Tirekhtyakh river. What are findings about the Ice Age Rhinos? Most of the intestine of the Rhino was intact. Also, the Rhino had perfectly preserved ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Fossils • Ice age • Oil spill • Permafrost • Rhinoceroses • Russia • Tirekhtyakh River
What is Kamchatka Disaster?
The surfers of Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia recently complained of burning eyes, fever, throat ache and fear of losing sight. In hours after these complaints, millions of sea animals began to die in large numbers. Their bodies started to litter the beach in the region. These include seals, octopuses, sea urchins, crabs, stars and fish. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: ecological disaster • Geography of Russia • Government of Russia • Oil spill • Russia • UNESCO World Heritage Site • Volcanoes of Kamchatka
India-France to launch Constellation of Maritime Surveillance Satellites
India and France are to launch a constellation of maritime surveillance satellites to monitor illegal spillage of oil in the Indian Ocean Region. Highlights In August 2020, the ISRO and the French Space Agency CNES agreed to develop and build a constellation of satellites. CNES is Centre National d’etudes spatiales, the National Centre for Space ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: CNES • Gaganyaan • India-France • Indian ocean region • ISRO • Oil spill • Satellite constellation • Shukrayaan • Trishna
Indigenous People in Ecuador sue Government over Oil Spills
The indigenous people in Ecuador have sued their government and oil firms for the April oil spills into important rivers. About the Incident 2 oil pipelines had broken and leaked 15,000 barrel of crude oil into 2 of Ecuador’s most important rivers in early April. This is one the largest oil spills in the country ..
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs • Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: Ecuador • Indigenous Communities • Oil spill