Category: Geography Current Affairs

Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event: A meteorologist warned of another Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event that could plunge temperatures below average across parts of the U.S. later this month. It refers to a rapid rise in stratospheric temperatures that weakens or distorts the polar vortex (a cold-air mass typically stabilized over the Arctic). It begins […]

Cosmic Filament : The University of Oxford researchers reported a roughly 50-million-lightyear-long cosmic Filament traced by at least 14 galaxies. Cosmic or galaxy filaments are the largest ‘threads’ in the universe’s cosmic web. A single cosmic filament is a structure spanning hundreds of millions of lightyears. These filaments are the largest known structures in the […]

Japan : Major Earthquake A major earthquake rocked Japan’s northern coast and also the country’s meteorological agency recorded several tsunami waves. It is an island nation in East Asia, situated in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Pacific Ocean (East), Sea of Okhotsk (North), Sea of Japan (West East) and East China Sea […]

Kīlauea Volcano : Erupted Fresh lava fountains recently erupted from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano nearly a year after one of the world’s most active volcanoes began its current eruptive phase.It is one of the world’s most active volcanoes.It is a shield-type volcano located in the southeastern part of the island of Hawaii, Hawaii State, United States.Hawaii […]

Powai Lake: Flagging a series of non-compliances by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in checking untreated sewage flowing into Powai Lake, a National Green Tribunal (NGT)-mandated committee recently recommended that the BMC face a penalty of Rs 5 lakh per month per inlet if the new action plan is violated. It is an artificial lake […]

Afar region : Prediction Scientists predict that Africa’s Afar region could become Earth’s next ocean basin. It is the northeastern part of Ethiopia, where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden. The Afar depression, also known as the Danakil depression, forms the northern part of the region and is largely desert scrubland with shallow […]

Zambezi River : New Study A new study suggests the Zambezi River actually starts off in Angola’s southern highlands, at the source of a river called the Lungwebungu, giving the Zambezi a new total length of 3,421 km, or 342 km longer than previously thought. The Zambezi River, sometimes spelled as Zambesi or Zambeze, is […]

Alaknanda Galaxy: study Researchers at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA–TIFR), Pune, have discovered a spiral galaxy and named it as named Alaknanda. Alaknanda Galaxy is located about 12 billion light years away and has textbook spiral structure. It is named after a Himalayan river Alaknanda and the Hindi […]

Solar Flare: In News A huge sunspot that is more than 10 times bigger than Earth recently appeared on the surface of the sun, and scientists say it could lead to several strong solar flares in the coming weeks. Solar Flare is an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated […]

Bonda Tribe: Members of the Bonda community in Odisha’s Malkangiri district are set to transition from fragile thatched huts to permanent pucca houses under the Union government’s PM-Janman scheme. The Bondas are exclusively found in the Malkangiri district of Odisha and are mostly concentrated in the Khairaput block of the district. It is a particularly […]