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…

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…