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ENVIRONMENT - October 2015

Oct 2015

Apr 12, 2016

Increase in Global Tiger Population

For the first time in almost a century, there has been an increase in the global tiger population.
The number of wild tigers has increased to 3,890 in 2016 from 3,200 in 2010, an increase of almost 22%.
India alone recorded an increase of over 500 tigers and is home to the highest number of wild cats.
The increase in world tiger population has been attributed to multiple factors including increase in the tiger populations in India, Russia, Nepal and Bhutan.

Apr 09, 2016

Greenland's ice Melt

As per geoscientists, Greenland sits over an area of abnormally hot mantle material that drives a widespread melting beneath the ice sheet and rapid ice flow over a distance of several hundred km.
The researchers had to go far back into the Earth's history to explain the reason for the melting base of the world's second largest ice sheet.

Apr 06, 2016

Illegal Gold Mining

Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect on indigenous people. First the miners bring disease, deforestation and even murder. Then communities are left to suffer deadly mercury poisoning.
In Brazil, new statistics reveal alarming rates of mercury poisoning.
Mercury poisoning is devastating tribal people across Amazonia.
Tribal people are especially susceptible to mercury poisoning due to the large amount of illegal gold mining taking place on their lands. Mercury is used to coalesce fine alluvial gold particles into an amalgam and separate it from sand and pebbles.

Apr 03, 2016

Last Coal-fired Power Plant Goes Off

After nearly 50 years of service, Scotland’s last coal-fired power plant, Longannet Power Station, has finally gone offline, putting an end to burning coal for electricity.
It’s an important moment for Scottish Power, which looks ahead to clean power initiatives with the goal of going all-renewable by 2020.

Mar 30, 2016

Worst Coral Bleaching in Years

The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching in years.
According to a study, 95% of reefs from Cairns to Papua New Guinea are now severely bleached.
Out of 520 reefs, only four showed no evidence of bleaching.
Coral bleaching is the loss of intracellular endosymbionts through either expulsion or loss of algal pigmentation. It is a consequence of warmer water temperatures, causing the coral to turn completely white.

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