Category: Environment Current Affairs

Global Methane Pledge: The US President has announced the Global Methane Pledge, which is an US-EU led effort to cut methane emissions by a third by the end of this decade. The announcement has come ahead of 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow, UK. […]

White-Sided Dolphins: The traditional annual killing of whales and dolphins (grindadrap hunt) in North Atlantic islands that belong to Denmark has sparked controversy. 1,428 white-sided dolphins were slaughtered at Faroe Islands. White-Sided Dolphins: Scientific Name: Lagenorhynchus acutus Their common name comes from the prominent white stripes on their sides, which span from below the dorsal […]

Mura-Drava-Danube (MDD) Was Declared As The World’s First ‘Five-Country Biosphere Reserve: Mura-Drava-Danube (MDD) was declared as the world’s first ‘five-country biosphere reserve’ by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The biosphere reserve covers 700 kilometres of the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers and stretches across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia. The […]

Food Chain Contamination: A recent study in Bihar has found Arsenic contamination not only in groundwater but in the food chain as well. The research study was a part of the Project Nature and Nurture in Arsenic Induced Toxicity of Bihar jointly funded by the British Council in the United Kingdom and Department of Science […]

Tarballs Were Seen Lying On The Shore Of Mumbai Beach: Black oil-emanating balls also called Tarballs were seen, lying on the shore of Mumbai Beach. Tarballs are dark-coloured, sticky balls of oil that form when crude oil floats on the ocean surface. They are formed by weathering of crude oil in marine environments. Some of […]

Hydrogen Fuel: Ministry of Railways has decided to close down the Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuels with effect from September 7, 2021. The closure comes nearly a month after the IROAF had floated a tender for “hydrogen fuel cell-based technology” for retrofitting the existing Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU). All work-related to hydrogen fuel […]

What Is Green Hydrogen? Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh has urged US companies to participate in the bids for green hydrogen and electrolysers in the upcoming months. The path for green hydrogen in the country is not clear and at the moment, production of green hydrogen is slightly more expensive than […]

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve: Uttar Pradesh:   A herd of Elephants from Shuklaphanta National Park reached the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (Uttar Pradesh) and damaged crops of farmers. The Shuklaphanta National Park is a protected area in the Terai of the Far-Western Region, Nepal. It is located in Pilibhit district, Lakhimpur Kheri District and Bahraich District of […]

Groundswell Report On Climate Change:   The Report was recently released by the World Bank. It examined how the impacts of slow-onset climate change, such as water scarcity, decreasing crop productivity and rising sea levels, could lead to millions of what it describes as “climate migrants” by 2050. Highlights and key findings of the report: […]