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ENVIRONMENT - December 2018

Dec 2018

Feb 20, 2019

First Aquatic Census

A first of its kind census conducted by experts from Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Tilka Majhi University, Bhagalpur has found out that there are only 1150 dolphins in different rivers of Bihar.
Since such an extensive census hasn't been conducted in the past, it cannot be verified whether the number of the mammals has increased or decreased in the recent past in the rivers of Bihar.
The recent census, which is the first ever aquatic census of dolphins in Bihar by the direct count method, was done in the Ganges, Gandak and Ghaghara, which are home to the Ganges River Dolphins.

Feb 15, 2019

The World's Oceans to Change Colour

The world's oceans are warming and growing more acidic as a result of climate change, and a provocative new study suggests they'll be changing color too.
Within a few decades regions of the ocean that now look blue will look bluer. By 2100, the colour shift could affect more than 50 per cent of the oceans' collective 140 million square miles of surface area.
But it's not the colour of the water itself that will change. Rather, it's that populations of marine phytoplankton will fall as seawater warms.
Since these tiny organisms contain the green pigment chlorophyll, any change in their numbers affects the water's apparent colour.

Feb 13, 2019

Increasing Earth's Green Cover

According to a Boston University report prepared from data received from NASA satellites, India and China have led the way in increasing Earth's green cover, the two countries are ahead of others in increasing the green cover.
As per the study, the Earth's green cover is more at present than what it was 20 years back. A bulk of the credit goes to India and China where tree-planting exercises, as well as intensive agriculture, has helped the cause.
The two Asian countries are followed by European Union, Canada, Russia, Australia, the United States and Mexico which are above the global average of in changes in lead areas between 2000 and 2017.

Feb 08, 2019

One of UK's Last Coal Power Stations to Close

One of the UK's last seven coal power stations will close this year after half a century of generating electricity, as the polluting fuel continues its rapid decline in the energy mix.
More than 150 jobs were likely to be cut due to the closure of the Cottam plant in north Nottinghamshire on 30 September.
Cottam has been hit by the costs of working to European environmental standards and the failure to secure a contract for payments supply backup power after September.
The UK government has pledged to end coal power generation in the UK by 2025 to meet its climate change commitments.

Feb 07, 2019

World Heading for Warmest Decade

According to scientists, the world is in the middle of what is likely to be the warmest 10 years since records began in 1850.
The Met Office is forecasting that temperatures for each of the next five years are likely to be 1oC or more above pre-industrial levels.
In the next five years there's also a chance we'll see a year in which the average global temperature rise could be greater than 1.5oC.
That's seen as a critical threshold for climate change.
If the data matches the forecast, then the decade from 2014-2023 will be the warmest in more than 150 years of record keeping.

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