KERALA FORESTS HOME TO NEW SPIDER SPECIES

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-06 KERALA FORESTS HOME TO NEW SPIDER SPECIES Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Wildlife Related Issues Habrocestum longispinum A group of jumping spiders that mostly occur in Eurasia and Africa, has been spotted for the first time in Ernakulam’s Illithodu forests by arachnologists from Kochi’s Sacred Heart…

‘AIR POLLUTION SHORTENED LIFESPAN BY 30 MONTHS’

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-05 ‘AIR POLLUTION SHORTENED LIFESPAN BY 30 MONTHS’ Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Pollution – Air, Water, Soil & E-waste The current high level of air pollution has shortened the average lifespan of a South Asian child by two-and-a- half years while globally the reduction stands at 20 months,…

FOR A HEALTHY PLANET

Environment, Environment & Disaster Management

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-21 FOR A HEALTHY PLANET Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion and Climate Change Last week in Nairobi, governments welcomed the Global Environment Outlook 6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People (GEO-6) report. GEO-6 argues that in a business-as-usual scenario, the world will exhaust its energy-related carbon…

FUTURE-PROOFING CITIES

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-19 FUTURE-PROOFING CITIES Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion and Climate Change The stark statistics jump out at anyone trying to understand why resilient infrastructure is so important in a world that is urbanising at an unprecedented pace, not least here in India. Already around…

A FRESH WARNING: WHAT GEO-6 MEANS FOR INDIA

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-16 A FRESH WARNING: WHAT GEO-6 MEANS FOR INDIA Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion and Climate Change The sixth edition of the Global Environment Outlook from the UN Environment Programme has come as another stark warning: the world is unsustainably extracting resources and producing…