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Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) 2024

For Prelims: Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) 2024, PM2.5, World Health Organization (WHO), Malnutrition, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Water...

30 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Discount on New Vehicles Against Scrapping Certificates

For Prelims: Scrappage Certificate, Vehicle Scrapping Policy 2021, Certificate of Deposit, Recycling Industry, BS VI, Circular Economy, Pollution,...

29 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Mass Wasting in Sedongpu Gully of Tibet

For Prelims: Mass Wasting, Avalanches, Glaciers, Gorge, Gully, Sedongpu Gully, Earthquake, Erosion  For Mains: Disaster Management, Important...

27 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Horseshoe Crabs

Source: TH Why in News? Recently, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Odisha Forest Department have started the exercise to tag Horseshoe...

27 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Cold War Data Challenges Climate Model Accuracy

Source: TH Why in News? Recently, a study published in the journal Science by an international team of researchers has shed new light on the...

27 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

National Glacial Lake Outburst Floods Risk Mitigation Programme

For Prelims: Tawang, Dibang Valley, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOFs), South Lhonak Lake, Centre...

24 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Uttarakhand Launches India's First Gross Environment Product

Source: ToI Recently, Uttarakhand became the 1st state in the country to assign monetary values to its natural resources, including air, water,...

21 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Climate Change Impact on Panama Canal

For Prelims: Panama Canal, Lake Gatun, GDP, Isthmus of Panama, Tectonic Plates, Evaporation, Humidity, Precipitation, Algal Bloom, Ocean Currents,...

20 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Biofortification

For Prelims: Nitrogen, Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE), High Yielding Varieties, Nitrous Oxide (N2O), Ammonia Pollution, Ozone Depletion, Climate...

16 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Charting a Sustainable Future for Andaman and Nicobar

This editorial is based on “How a wildlife sanctuary in the Great Nicobar Island was made to vanish” which was published in The Indian...

16 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Ground-Level Ozone Pollution in India

Source: HT Why in News?  A recent study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has brought attention to the alarming levels of...

13 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

World Biofuels Day 2024

For Prelims: Biofuels, Types of Biofuels, Ethanol Blending Program (EBP), National Policy on Biofuels, Differential Ethanol Pricing. For Mains:...

12 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

The State of Mangroves 2024

For Prelims: State of the World's Mangroves 2024, Global Mangrove Alliance, World Mangrove Day, Global Mangrove Watch, Aquaculture, Sea-level rise,...

12 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Woody Encroachment in Grasslands

Source: TH For Prelims: Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change. For Mains: Significance of Forest Resources and Measures for Conservation of...

06 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

FAO Guidelines on Wildfire Management

For Prelims: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 For Mains:...

06 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Increase in Coastal Erosion

For Prelims: Coastal Erosion, Climate Change, Kattupalli Port, Sundarbans, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Salinization, Groynes, Wetlands, National...

05 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

High Temperature Impacting Flight Operations

For Prelims: Global Warming, Aviation Basics, Flight Operations. For Mains: Impact of Global Warming on Aviation Industry, Causes, Impact of Plane...

05 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Reimagining Biodiversity Conservation in India

This editorial is based on “Biodiversity needs a win against oil and gas” which was published in Hindustan Times on 07/05/2024. The...

02 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Drowning Disasters in India

For Prelims: Drowning, Floods, Natural disasters, National Disaster Management Authority, Extreme weather events. For Mains: Framework Related to...

02 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

The State of the World's Mangroves 2024

For Prelims: The State of the World's Mangroves 2024, Global Mangrove Alliance, World Mangrove Day, Global Mangrove Watch, Aquaculture, Sea-level...

01 Aug 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation