Category: Environment Current Affairs

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the global scientific authority on the state of knowledge and challenges from global warming, has begun work on its seventh cycle of assessment report. The IPCC was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988. […]

Dehing Patkai National Park : Clouded Leopard Spotted A camera trap inside Dehing Patkai National Park has recorded a rare sighting of a Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), a species classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.It is located in the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of Assam. It lies in the Dehing Patkai Landscape, which […]

Convention on Cluster Munitions: Lithuania recently quit the Convention on Cluster Munitions banning cluster bombs, citing security concerns over neighbouring Russia in a move that has drawn criticism from human rights groups. The Convention on Cluster Munitions is an international treaty of more than 100 states, adopted on 30 May 2008, signed on 3 December […]

Carbon Intensity: Carbon intensity measures the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emitted per unit of output in a specific sector or economy. It helps track progress in reducing emissions while accounting for economic growth or production levels. The carbon intensity of the steel sector can be measured as the number of tonnes produced per tonne […]

Colossal A23a Iceberg Stuck: The world’s largest iceberg, Colossal A23a (3,672 sq. km), is stuck about 70 km from South Georgia Island, likely avoiding ecological harm to its wildlife habitats. A23a broke from the Filchner Ice Shelf (Antarctica) in 1986 and remained stuck in the Weddell Sea for over 30 years and started drifting north […]

PM Modi Announces Asiatic Lion Population Estimation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the seventh meeting of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) at Sasan, Junagadh, Gujarat. The meeting, attended by Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and other NBWL members, focused on critical wildlife conservation efforts, including the upcoming Asiatic lion […]

Viatina-19: An Ongole cow named Viatina-19 was sold for a record-breaking 4.38 million USD (approximately INR 40 crore) in Brazil’s Minas Gerais. Viatina-19 is a Nelore breed cow (Ongole cattle), renowned for its exceptional genetic qualities. The Nelore breed, originating from India and now prevalent in Brazil, is prized for its adaptability and meat quality. […]

Gangetic Dolphin: The first ever estimate of Gangetic dolphins, the only riverine dolphins in India, has found 6,327 of them in the river Ganga and its tributaries. Gangetic Dolphin is a freshwater species and one of the few river dolphins found in the world. It inhabits the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems of Nepal, India […]

Narwhals: Scientists have studied and captured footage of the iconic narwhals of the Arctic using their tusks to hunt. Also known as a narwhale (Monodon monoceros), it is a medium-sized toothed whale. It has a big horn-like tusk gives them a very distinctive appearance. Narwhals change color as they age. Newborns are a blue-gray, juveniles […]