What Is A Sea Snot? The sea snot that dominated the landlocked Marmara Sea earlier this year is nowhere to be seen on the surface nowadays, but its fallout appears to be bigger than experts initially hoped. Impact of sea snot: Overall, 60% of species have already disappeared. The layers have sunk and are beginning […]
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Mount Kun
Mount Kun: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh flagged-in, in New Delhi on September 20, 2021, a team of National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports (NIMAS) Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, which completed a mountaineering expedition to Mount Kun (7,077 metres). The team, led by Institute Director Colonel Sarfraz Singh, conducted the expedition to the Nun-Kun Mountain […]
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday concluded the two-day review of the work progress on the 1380-km eight-lane Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which will reduce travel time between certain cities to 12-12.5 hours from 24 hours. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways concluded the two-day review of the […]
Planet Nine: Important Points
Planet Nine: Study The study proposes “Planet Nine” exists beyond Neptune and is six times the mass of Earth, according to reports. The scientists first proposed Pluto had a replacement in a controversial study that came out in 2016 that said the clustering of asteroids and comets and other objects that orbit the sun in […]
United In Science 2021: WMO
United In Science 2021: WMO: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a report named United in Science 2021. It is a multi-organization high-level compilation of the latest climate science information. The report is coordinated by the WMO, with inputs from the United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organization, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Global Carbon […]
Black Tigers In Similipal Tiger Reserve
Black Tigers In Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR): Scientists have unraveled the mystery behind Odisha’s ‘Black Tigers’ in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) The STR is the only tiger habitat in the world with melanistic tigers, which have broad black stripes running across their bodies and thicker than those seen on normal tigers. Black Tigers are a […]
Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHP)
Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHP): Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHEP), is an under-construction gravity dam on the Subansiri river along the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Subansiri River (gold river), originates in the Tibet Plateau and enters India through Miri hills in Arunachal Pradesh. It is the largest tributary of Brahmaputra River. The project is […]
Footprints of 3 Dinosaur Species: Rajasthan
Footprints of 3 Dinosaur Species: Rajasthan In a major discovery, footprints of three species of dinosaurs have been found in the Thar desert in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. It proves the presence of the giant reptiles in the western part of the State The footprints belong to three species of dinosaurs – Eubrontes cf. giganteus, Eubrontes […]
World’s Northernmost Island
World’s Northernmost Island: A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island located off Greenland’s coast. The scientists from the University of Copenhagen initially thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an island discovered by a Danish survey team in 1978, to collect samples during an […]
Impact Of Climate Change On El Nino-Southern Oscillation
Impact Of Climate Change On El Niño-Southern Oscillation: There is a growing body of research suggesting that climate change can cause extreme and more frequent El Niño and La Niña events. A study was conducted recently on this using one of South Korea’s fastest supercomputers, Findings of the latest study: Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide can […]
