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The term ‘Green Steel’ refers to a steelmaking process that lowers greenhouse gas emissions, cuts costs and improves the quality of...
22 Nov 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Avian Botulism at Sambhar Lake
Why in News The Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Uttar Pradesh has confirmed avian botulism as the reason for mass mortality of birds,...
22 Nov 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Monitoring Aerosol Optical Depth
The imager payload onboard ISRO’s weather satellites INSAT-3D & 3DR, is being used to monitor Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD). AOD is an...
21 Nov 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News Recently, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has released the first ‘Geochemical Baseline Atlas of India’...
15 Nov 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Devices to Control Air Pollution
Why in News The air purifiers installed on the roads and on top of the buses have failed to combat air pollution in Delhi NCR. The air purifying...
14 Nov 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News The Kerala government has carried out a butterfly survey in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) and Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS)...
13 Nov 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News According to an analysis published in ‘Carbon Brief’, Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in India are set to grow at their...
06 Nov 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News Recently, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority- EPCA declared a public health emergency in New Delhi as...
02 Nov 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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BASIC Environment Ministers Meet
Why in News Recently, the 29th meeting of environment ministers from the BASIC nations (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) was held in...
02 Nov 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The second assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) is being hosted by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy from 30th-31st October...
31 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The latest data from Sentinel-3 World Fire Atlas showed that, compared to August 2018, there were almost five times as many wildfires across the...
31 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Introduction Unlike other forms of wastes like paper, food peels, leaves etc, which are biodegradable (capable of being decomposed by bacteria or...
29 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Mountain Streams Emits Carbon Dioxide
Recently the Scientists have reported the findings of the first large-scale study of the carbon dioxide emissions from mountain streams, and their...
29 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London have officially named a tiny species of beetle Nelloptodes gretae. It has been named after the...
29 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), is considering the proposal of creating the East Antarctic marine...
24 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Smallest Ozone Hole in Decades
During September and October months of 2019, the ozone hole over the Antarctic has been the smallest observed since 1982. The presence of...
24 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) is a national initiative introduced by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)...
24 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Scientists have developed an 'artificial leaf' device that uses sunlight to produce a widely-used gas (syngas) currently made from fossil fuels, and...
23 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Plastic invading Nicobar Islands
According to a survey conducted by the researchers from CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands...
14 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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According to a research published in the Journal Science, the elastocaloric effect, if harnessed, may be able to do away with the need of fluid...
12 Oct 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
