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Land of Fire and Ice: Iceland

For Prelims: Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Atlantic Ocean,Eyjafjallajökull, Oceanic crust,Tectonic Plates, Pacific Ring of Fire, Earth's subduction...

25 Dec 2023 Geography

Persistence of Synchronized Extreme Rainfall in Changing Climates

For Prelims: Persistence of Synchronized Extreme Rainfall in Changing Climates, Global Warming, Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall (ISMR). For Mains:...

16 Dec 2023 Geography

Global Energy Monitor's Global Coal Plant Tracker

For Prelims: Global Energy Monitor, GEM’s Global Coal Plant Tracker, Status of coal power projects worldwide. For Mains: Global Energy...

30 Nov 2023 Geography

Survival of Rainforests Around 50 Million Years Ago

For Prelims: Survival of Rainforests Around 50 Million Years Ago, Equatorial (Tropical) Rainforests, Climate Change, Paleontology. For Mains:...

21 Nov 2023 Geography

Flood in Somalia

For Prelims: Flood in Somalia, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Floods, El Nino, Indian Ocean Dipole. For Mains:...

20 Nov 2023 Geography

Thousands of Earthquakes Rock Iceland

For Prelims: Volcanoes, Earthquake, Iceland, Reykjavík, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Atlantic Ocean, Eurasian And North American Tectonic...

17 Nov 2023 Geography

Population Survey in China

For Prelims: Population Survey in China, Population Policies of China, United Nations, National Family Health Survey (NFHS). For Mains: Population...

06 Nov 2023 Geography

Venus' Tectonic History

For Prelims: Venus, Plate tectonics, Earth, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), DAVINCI, Mariner 10 Spacecraft. For Mains:...

31 Oct 2023 Geography

International Migration Outlook 2023

For Prelims: International Migration Outlook 2023, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Latin America, Climate-Induced...

26 Oct 2023 Geography

Fragility of Indian Himalayan Region

For Prelims: Indian Himalayan Region (IHR), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Teesta River, Environmental Clearance (EC), EIA 2006...

21 Oct 2023 Geography

Guarding Against Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

This editorial is based on “The message from Sikkim: Heed the water’s warning” which was published in The Indian Express on...

18 Oct 2023 Geography

Surge in Human Settlements in Flood-Prone Areas

For Prelims: Flood Zones, Climate change, World Bank Reports. For Mains: Factors Behind Increasing Human Settlements in Flood Zones, Flood...

13 Oct 2023 Geography

More Frequent Cyclones in Eastern Arabian Sea

For Prelims: Tropical Cyclones (TC), Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), El Nino. For Mains: More Frequent Cyclones in the Eastern Arabian...

09 Oct 2023 Geography

Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in Sikkim

For Prelims: Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, Teesta River, Indian Himalayan Region, Climate change, National Disaster Management Authority,...

07 Oct 2023 Geography

Study on Joshimath Sinking

For Prelims: Himalayas, Earthquakes, Landslides, Joshimath, Land Subsidence, ISRO For Mains: Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors on...

27 Sep 2023 Geography

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano

For Prelims: Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai , Pinatubo , Krakatoa, Tambora, Samalas,Greenhouse Gases , El - Nino , Paris Agreement , IPCC, Cooling...

21 Sep 2023 Geography

Drop in India's Reservoir Water Levels

For Prelims: Central Water Commission (CWC), El Niño, Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD),  For Mains: Significance of India's reservoirs,...

11 Sep 2023 Geography

Pacific Weather Changing: More Multi-Year El Nino and La Nina

For Prelims: El Nino and La Nina, Walker Circulation, Tropical Pacific Ocean, El Nino-Southern Oscillation, Extreme Weather Events. For Mains:...

06 Sep 2023 Geography

Equatorial Origin Cyclones and Pacific Decadal Oscillation

For Prelims: Tropical Cyclones, Low Latitude Cyclones, Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), ENSO For Mains: Impact of PDO on India, ENSO vs...

30 Aug 2023 Geography

Monsoon, El Nino And Their Impact on Agriculture

For Prelims: Monsoon, Kharif crop, El Nino, Groundwater, Droughts, Food inflation, Oceanic Nino Index. For Mains: Impact of Monsoon and El Nino on...

03 Aug 2023 Geography