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Jun 11, 2021

Declining Growth Rates of Global Coral Reef Ecosystems

According to a new Southern Cross University study, if the trend of declining coral growth continues at the current rate, the world's coral reefs may cease calcifying around 2054.
Research from the late 1960s until now, reveals the global spatiotemporal trends and drivers of coral reef ecosystem growth (known as calcification).
One hundred and sixteen studies from 53 published papers were analysed.

Jun 10, 2021

National Geographic Officially Recognises New Ocean

The National Geographic officially recognised the Southern Ocean — also known as the Antarctic or the Austral Ocean — as the world's fifth and newest ocean.. Thus, far four oceans have been known: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic.
"The Southern Ocean has long been recognised by scientists, but because there was never agreement internationally, we never officially recognised it," National Geographic Society Geographer Alex Tait said.
Notably, while other oceans are identified by the region they surround, the Southern Ocean is defined by its current.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Southern Ocean covers 30 percent of the Earth's ocean surface. It is made up of the waters encircling Antarctica.

Jun 08, 2021

New Dinosaur Species is Largest Found in Australia

Scientists in Australia have classified a new species of dinosaur, discovered in 2007, as the largest ever found on the continent.
The Australotitan cooperensis or "the southern titan" is among the 15 largest dinosaurs found worldwide.
Experts said that the titanosaur would have been up to 6.5 m (21 ft) tall and 30 m long.
Its skeleton was first discovered on a farm in south-west Queensland.
Palaeontologists had worked over the past decade to identify the dinosaur - distinguishing it from other known species by comparing scans of its bones to those of other sauropods.
Sauropods were plant-eating dinosaurs known for their size. They had small heads, very long necks, long tails and thick, pillar-like legs.
These dinosaurs roamed the continent during the Cretaceous Period, about 92-96 million years ago.

Jun 07, 2021

Raimona Assam's Sixth National Park

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Raimona Reserve Forest in Kokrajhar district under the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), bordering Bhutan, has been upgraded as the sixth National Park of the state.
The other five national parks in the state are Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa.
The Raimona National Park, which is within the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), is part of a contiguous forest patch with an area of 422 square kilometres, covering the northern part of the notified Ripu Reserve Forest along the Indo-Bhutan border. It is home to golden langur, Asian elephants, tigers, clouded leopards, Indian gaur, wild buffalo, spotted deer, hornbill, more than 150 species of butterflies, 170 species of birds and 380 varieties of plants and orchids.

Jun 04, 2021

TCS Aims to Reduce Emissions by 70% by 2025

IT services major, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced plans to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions across Scope 1 and Scope 2 by 70 per cent by 2025 (over 2016 base year), and to achieve net zero emissions by 2030.
In its recently published Integrated Annual Report 2020-21, the company has set forth this new carbon reduction goal after having achieved the previous target of reducing its specific carbon footprint by half by 2020 (versus baseline year FY 2008), ahead of schedule. In FY 2021, TCS' specific carbon footprint across Scope 1 and Scope 2 was lower by 61.6 per cent compared to baseline year FY 2008.
According to the leading GHG Protocol corporate standard,a company's greenhouse gas emissions are classified in three scopes. Scope 1 and 2 are mandatory to report, whereas scope 3 is voluntary and the hardest to monitor. Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions from company owned and controlled resources. Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions that emanate from purchased energy from a power utility.

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