Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022): Recently the Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022) was released by REN21 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century). REN21 is a global collective of renewable energy actors. It includes scientists, governments such as India’s, non-governmental organisations and members of the industry who collated data on […]
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Bamboo-Dwelling Bat
Bamboo-Dwelling Bat: Scientists have discovered a new species of bamboo-dwelling bat near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary. The new species of bamboo-dwelling bat has been named Glischropus meghalayanus. Bamboo-dwelling bats are a particular kind of bat living in the internodes of bamboo with specialised morphological characters that help them to adapt to the life inside a […]
Barents Sea Warming
Barents Sea Warming: According to a study, it is stated that parts of the Arctic region near Norway are warming at as much as seven times the rate of warming in the rest of the world. The region around the northern Barents Sea has been warming two to two-and-a-half times the average warming of the […]
World Day To Combat Desertification And Droughts
World Day To Combat Desertification And Droughts: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed every year on 17th of June. On this day, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) organized Desertification and Drought Day. The Union Minister released Forest Stewardship Council’s Forest Stewardship Standard for India (FSC FSSI). FSC is a […]
India Ranks Third In Renewable Energy Installations In 2021
India Ranks Third In Renewable Energy Installations In 2021: India ranked third in renewable energy installations in 2021, after China and Russia, according to a Renewable 2022 Global status report published by REN21 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century). India installed 4 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects in 2021 India ranked fourth […]
Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus
Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus: A new study has revealed that it roamed around the shores of Asia between 66 million and 145 million years ago (Cretaceous period). It is a bipedal dinosaur. A new study has revealed that it roamed around the shores of Asia between 66 million and 145 million years ago (Cretaceous period). It was […]
Microplastics In Antarctica Snow
Microplastics In Antarctica Snow: Scientists have found Microplastics — plastic pieces smaller than a grain of rice — in freshly fallen Antarctic snow for the first time, which can influence the climate by accelerating melting of ice. Previous studies have found that microplastics have negative impacts on the health of the environment, limiting growth, reproduction, […]
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022: The newly released Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022, measured by Yale and Columbia universities, ranks India at the bottom position among 180 countries. The EPI is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health. It is a biennial index, first started in 2002 as the Environment Sustainability […]
Carbon Bombs
Carbon Bombs: A group of environmentalists, lawyers, and activists have come together to identify and ‘defuse carbon bombs’– coal, oil and gas projects that have the potential to contribute significantly to global warming. The usage of the term ‘carbon bombs’ picked up after an investigative project of The Guardian from May 2022. Defining the term […]
Ban On Use Of Coal In Delhi-NCR
Ban On Use Of Coal In Delhi-NCR: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has issued directions to ban the use of coal in industrial, domestic and other miscellaneous applications in the entire Delhi-NCR region from 1st January 2023. This step is taken to bring down greenhouse gas emissions in Delhi NCR. Delhi is among […]
