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ENVIRONMENT - June 2016

Jun 2016

Oct 24, 2017

Ocean Acidification

According to a new research, ocean acidification is progressing rapidly around the world and its combination with the other threats to marine life is proving deadly. Many organisms that could withstand a certain amount of acidification are at risk of losing this adaptive ability owing to pollution from plastics, and the extra stress from global warming.

Oct 19, 2017

Change in Shallow Reef Ecosystems

A new study based on the first global survey of marine life predicts that as the oceans warm fish -- which appear to be superior predators in warm water -- will extend their ranges away from the equator and cause a decline in the diversity of invertebrates such as crabs, lobsters, sea urchins and whelks.
The effects of climate change on marine life vary greatly between geographic regions.

Oct 18, 2017

Reducing Greenhouse Gas

According to a study, India can offset close to 520 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year through reforestation alone.
As per the study, released by The Nature Conservancy, merely by conservation of nature, and reforestation, about 37 percent of global greenhouse gas emission could be reduced by 2030.
India ranks fifth in greenhouse gas emissions.

Oct 13, 2017

Save the Vaquita Porpoise

An international team of experts has gathered in San Felipe, Mexico at the request of the Mexican government (SEMARNAT) and has begun a bold, compassionate plan known as VaquitaCPR to save the endangered vaquita porpoise from extinction. The vaquita porpoise, also known as the 'panda of the sea,' is the most endangered marine mammal in the world. Latest estimates by scientists who have been monitoring the vaquita for decades show there are fewer than 30 vaquitas left in the wild. The vaquita only lives in the upper Gulf of California.

Sep 28, 2017

Earth's Seventh Continent

In February this year, scientists unearthed Earth's seventh continent, which was named 'Zealandia'.
Zealandia, which is mostly submerged beneath the South Pacific, was once part of the Gondwana super-continent but broke away some 75 million-years-ago.
Researchers found significant new fossil discoveries that prove Zealandia was not always as deep beneath the waves as it is today.

Iceberg Breaks Off

In the second incident of its kind in two years, an iceberg over 250 square kilometres in size has broken off from an enormous Antarctic glacier.
The Pine Island Glacier is one of the largest in West Antarctica and loses 45 billion tonnes of ice to the ocean each year.

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