Category: Geography Current Affairs

Lake Michigan: More than 150 years after it sank in a powerful storm, the remains of the luxury steamer Lac La Belle have finally been found at the bottom of Lake Michigan. It is the third largest of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one lying wholly within the United States. […]

Tulbul Navigation Barrage Project: The Jammu & Kashmir government is mulling to take advantage of the suspended Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) by diverting, for the first time, water from the Ravi river in Punjab to the Jammu region, and pushing for the revival of the Tulbul Navigation Barrage project. The Tulbul Navigation Barrage Project, also […]

NGT Approved Great Nicobar Project: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has approved the Rs 81,000-crore Great Nicobar project, stating that it found “no good ground” to intervene, while imposing stringent conditions to safeguard the environment. NGT acknowledged the “strategic importance of the project” and noted that “adequate safeguards” have been incorporated in the environmental clearance […]

LHS 1903 System: Astronomers utilizing the European Space Agency’s Cheops Space Telescope have discovered a unique four-planet system orbiting the red dwarf LHS 1903, featuring a planetary arrangement that challenges current planet formation theories. The system consists of four planets – two Super-Earths (rocky) and two mini-Neptunes (gaseous) orbiting a red dwarf star located 117 […]

Piton de la Fournaise Volcano: The Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion Island erupted for the second time this year. Piton de la Fournaise Volcano occupies the east-southeastern end of French Island La Réunion in the western Indian Ocean. It is a massive basaltic shield volcano. It is one of the most active volcanoes […]

Futala Lake: Futala Lake, an iconic water body in the city, continues to grapple with untreated sewage inflow and mounting filth along its banks.Futala Lake, also known as Telankhedi Lake, is a man-made lake located in the western part of Nagpur, Maharashtra.It was created during the Bhonsle dynasty rule in the 18th century for the […]

Idukki Hydroelectric Project: As the Idukki hydroelectric project, Kerala’s largest hydel power project, marks a historic 50-year milestone, the Moolamattom power plant has recorded a total generation of 115,852.672 million units (MU) over the past five decades. It is built across the Periyar River in the Idukki district of Kerala. It is the largest hydroelectric […]

What is a Mud Volcano? A mud volcano suddenly erupted in Diglipur, Andaman Islands, recently. It is a mound of mud heaved up through overlying sediments. The craters are usually shallow and may intermittently erupt mud. These eruptions continuously rebuild the cones, which are eroded relatively easily. Some mud volcanoes are created by hot-spring activity […]

Continental Mantle Earthquakes: Recently the Stanford researchers have produced the first global map of a rare type of earthquake i. e Continental mantle earthquakes. These are seismic events which originate in the mantle beneath continents. These earthquakes often occur more than 80 km below the Mohorovicic discontinuity (boundary between the crust and the mantle). They […]

Bhakra Dam: Amid rising incidents of landslides during the monsoon season, a comprehensive geological study of the hillocks surrounding the Bhakra Dam is likely to be undertaken by the Geological Survey of India (GSI). It is a concrete gravity dam across the Sutlej River, in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. It is near the […]