Source : www.livemint.com Date : 2018-11-19 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion & Climate Change When we hear of climate change, it often triggers images of melting icebergs and long periods of drought. What we often miss is the slow and gradual trend of rising temperatures that directly…
Source : www.livemint.com Date : 2018-11-19 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA Earlier this year, when French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing, he looked at the clear blue skies above and exclaimed: “I’ve never seen Beijing like this!” Macron was not off the mark. Ten years ago,…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-18 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Degradation – Wildlife related issues Novel initiative:The hospital has facilities for thermal imaging, ultrasonography, hydrotherapy and quarantine. India’s elephants now have their first dedicated hospital near the Taj Mahal, complete with wireless digital X-Ray, laser treatment and dental X-ray facilities. The ‘jumbo’…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-18 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Pollution – Air, Water, Soil & E-waste Sometime in 2009, Bindu Sulochanan, a marine ecologist at Mangalore’s Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), was dissecting sardines in her laboratory. Scientists at the CMFRI have been doing this for decades, to study…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-15 EXPLAINER: PROTECTING THE TIGER’S HABITAT Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management | Topic: Environmental Degradation – Wildlife related issues A sub-adult tiger seen crossing a river in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. | Photo Credit: K. R. Deepak Since 2016, the deaths of 13 people in the Pandharkawda…
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