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IQAir, a Swiss air quality information platform reveals in the 2022 report that India is the 8th most polluted country in the world. Presently, the country has PM2.5 levels of concentration which are more than above the WHO recommended limit. Know what contributes to the poor air quality index here.
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The scientists revived and characterized 13 new pathogens, what they termed ‘Zombie Viruses’, and found that they remained infectious despite spending many millennia trapped in the frozen ground.
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Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii had last erupted in March and April of 1984 and had sent a flow of lava within 5 miles (8.05 km) of Hilo, Hawaii’s largest city.
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The transfer of Leith’s Softshell turtle from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix II to Appendix I would ensure that the legal international trade in the species does not take place for commercial purposes.
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Arittapatti Village being declared Tamil Nadu’s first biodiversity heritage site will strengthen the biodiversity and conservation efforts with the participation of local communities.
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The Continuous Water Quality system and electric monitoring vehicle will assist in managing the marine water and air quality in the port area, regulating the environmental quality within the port area.
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Champions of the Earth Award is given in various categories and India’s Purnima Devi Barman received it in the Entrepreneurial Vision Category, for leading the ‘Hargila Army’.
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CCPI India Rank 2022: As per the Climate Change Performance Index, India is on track to meet its 2030 emissions targets, compatible with the well-below 2-degree Celsius scenario.
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The introduction of the zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell passenger catamaran vessel in Varanasi will pave the way for the reduction in the usage of fossil fuels and thereby further reducing the emissions in India’s national waterways.
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Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary will connect Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu with Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in neighboring Karnataka, thereby forming a large, contiguous network of protected areas of wildlife.
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COP27 Egypt: Each outcome outlined in Adaptation Agenda presents the global solutions that can be adopted at a local level to respond to the local climate contexts, needs, and risks and deliver systems transformation require to protect vulnerable communities from rising climate hazards.
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WMO Report titled ‘WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022’ which was released at the 27th Conference of Parties at UNFCCC has stated that the rate of the sea level rise has doubled since 1993 and has risen by nearly 10mm since January 2020 to a new record high in 2022.
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Northeast's first fish museum will be part of the Integrated Aqua Park which is sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Fisheries to be established in Tarin (Ziro) in the Lower Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh. It will also be India's first-ever Aqua Park.
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The International Energy Agency released its World Energy Outlook 2022 report, stating that global emissions will peak in 2025. Read below to know further details.
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Two more Indian Beaches, Minicoy Thundi and Kadmat have entered the coveted list of Blue Beaches according to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Read below to know the list and significance of blue beaches in India.
