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GS-III: Environment & Disaster Management

Bioplastics: Meaning, Types and Impacts on Environment

Bioplastics are developed as an alternative to the petroleum-based plastics. Increased use of petroleum-based plastics is associated with...

📅 February 11, 2016

Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect

The growing urbanisation in India has caused rapid changes in land use and land cover within urban areas....

📅 February 11, 2016

Dead Sea Disappearance Issue

The Dead Sea, also known as Salt Sea, is located on left side of Jordan and right side...

📅 February 11, 2016

Beaching of Whales on Tamil Nadu Coast

In the second week of January 2016, around 80 short-finned whales had beached near Mandapu village in Tutucorin...

📅 February 11, 2016

Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015

The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (FCA) governs diversion or use of forest land for non-forest purposes such as...

📅 February 11, 2016

Heatwaves in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha

During the last summer season, the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha experienced severe heat waves and...

📅 February 11, 2016

India’s Stand on Montreal Protocol

The Montreal Protocol is the international treaty on protection of Ozone layer from the Ozone Depleting Substances and to...

📅 February 11, 2016

14th Finance Commission and Environment

Aiming to increase forest cover of India the 14th Finance Commission for the first time has recast its...

📅 February 11, 2016

Aerosols and Their Impact on Indian Monsoon

Whenever we hear about Climate Change we usually relate it with increasing levels of greenhouse gases, trapping heat...

📅 February 11, 2016

Global Warming Potential

Global-warming potential (GWP) is a relative measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere....

📅 February 11, 2016

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