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Jun 12, 2023

Mountains 3 To 4 Times Higher than Mount Everest Found Deep Inside Earth

The deep Earth contains mountains with peaks three to four times higher than Mount Everest, scientists have found. A team of experts from Arizona State University used seismology centres in Antarctica and found these astonishingly huge mountains in the boundary between the core and mantle, around 2,900 kilometres deep inside our planet.
The mountain-like structures they revealed are utterly mysterious. Scientists explained that these underground mountain ranges - dubbed ultra-low velocity zones or ULVZs - had managed to escape the experts' gaze all these years until earthquakes and atomic explosions generated enough seismic data to be spotted by them.
Scientists believe that these huge mountain ranges are over 24 miles (38 kilometres) in height, while Mount Everest is around 5.5 miles (8.8 kilometres) from the surface.

Jun 11, 2023

World Warming at Record 0.2 Degrees Celcius per Decade

A team of 50 top scientists from across the world have sounded alarm bells warning that the world is getting hotter at 0.2 degrees Celcius per decade.
From 2013 to 2022, human-induced warming has increased at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade.
Even though we are not yet at 1.5C warming, the carbon budget will likely be exhausted in only a few years.
That budget has shrunk by half since the UN's climate science advisory body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), gathered data for its most recent benchmark report in 2021, according to Forster and colleagues, many of whom were core IPCC contributors.
The latest analysis came against the backdrop of the IPCC report, which warned that the planet is on the brink of irreversible damage to the climate.

Jun 10, 2023

India's Highest Herbal Garden Set up in Phobrang Village of Leh

At an altitude of 15,000 feet above sea level, India's highest herbal garden has been set up in Phobrang village in Leh, Ladakh. Earlier, the herbal garden located at Badrinath, Uttarakhand held the record of being the highest herbal garden in India. The garden located in the middle of the barren mountains of the Leh region has become a site to visit.
The initiative of setting up the herbal garden in the region was taken by religious and spiritual leader, founder and chairman of "Go Green Go Organic" Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche. He runs the organisation mostly working on the environmental and biodiversity conservation of mass plantations in Ladakh and other Himalayan regions.
The garden is a collaboration between the 'Go green go Organic' and the local authorities of the region. The major support for the garden was given by the Councillor of the Chushul constituency, Konchok Stanzin, who is also the chairman of the High-Altitude Herbal Garden. The authorities believe that the herbal garden will help in the well-being of the environment, ecology, biodiversity and mankind.

Jun 09, 2023

How Cyclone Biparjoy Got its Name

In the first week of June, a deep depression over southeast Arabian Sea intensified into a cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy' and has since intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm.
The name Biparjoy was given by Bangladesh. It means calamity or disaster in Bangla. The name was adopted by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) countries in 2020.
The WMO maintains a rotating list of names, to assign names to tropical cyclones arising in any area.
Six Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs) and five regional Tropical Storm Warning Centres have been authorised to issue advisories and assign names to tropical cyclones worldwide.
RSMC-Tropical Cyclones, New Delhi, names tropical cyclones formed over north Indian Ocean (including the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea) from the rotating list.
Names to list were submitted by 13 panel countries: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Maldives, Iran, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Thailand.
The next cyclone in the area would be called Tej — submitted by India.

Jun 08, 2023

Sustainable Green Airports Mission

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken a significant step towards sustainability and carbon neutrality with the launch of its publication, 'Sustainable Green Airports Mission' booklet unveiled by Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Union Minister of Civil Aviation. The publication highlights the various initiatives undertaken by AAI to promote sustainable practices and reduce its carbon footprint.
The primary objective of the 'Sustainable Green Airports Mission' is to document and inform stakeholders about AAI's sustainability initiatives. It serves as a comprehensive platform to track progress, encourage knowledge sharing, and seeks cooperation for enhancing efficient and sustainable airport operations. The booklet aligns with the Panchamrit goals set by the Prime Minister of India at COP26, focusing on sustainability and carbon neutrality.

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