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ENVIRONMENT - June 2019

Jun 2019

Jun 20, 2022

Mongolia's Khuvsgul Lake Added to UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves

Mongolia's Khuvsgul Lake National Park was added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO.
The decision was made during the 34th session of the International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme, which took place in Paris, France.
Khuvsgul Lake is located in the northern Mongolian province of Khuvsgul near the Russian border, holding nearly 70 per cent of Mongolia's fresh water, or 0.4 per cent of the world's total.

Jun 18, 2022

Industrial Decarbonisation Summit 2022

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, inaugurated the "Industrial Decarbonisation Summit 2022"- road map for carbon neutrality by 2070.
During the inauguration the minister emphasised on maintaining equilibrium between environment, ecology and development.
The 'Industrial Decarbonisation Summit 2022' was inaugurated to overcome power shortage because it is necessary to develop alternative fuels.
The Industrial Decarbonisation Summit focused on variety of research topics related to decarbonisation, policy issues, sustainability, climate change including their management, etc. During the summit, academia, researchers, policy makers, business, industry, concerned government department etc will learn at large from each other and identify best practices and promising technologies. Outcome of this summit will help organisers in developing roadmaps on how innovative technologies can contribute towards Decarbonisation, and thus lead to energy transition for clean energy.

Jun 17, 2022

Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is Losing Ice Faster than in the Past 5,500 Years

Thwaites Glacier also known as Antarctica's so-called Doomsday Glacier is losing ice at its fastest rate in 5,500 years, raising concerns about the ice sheet's future and the possibility of catastrophic sea level rise caused by the frozen continent's melting ice.
The finding came from a study of prehistoric sea-deposits found on the shores surrounding the "doomsday" Thwaites Glacier and the neighboring Pine Island Glacier, both located on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
These currently elevated rates of ice melting may signal that those vital arteries from the heart of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have been ruptured, leading to accelerating flow into the ocean that is potentially disastrous for future global sea level in a warming world.

Jun 16, 2022

India's Newest Recorded Snail Named after Western Ghats

The Western Ghats of Maharashtra have yielded a carnivorous land snail new to the world of science.
The Haploptychius sahyadriensis, recorded from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, is the third member of the genus Haploptychius. The other two – H. andamanicus and H. pfeifferi – were recorded in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the 1860s.
This species is endemic to Vishalgad Conservation Reserve in Shahuwadi tehsil of Maharashtra's Kolhapur. It is named after the type locality of the species in the northern part of the Western Ghats, which is Sahyadri in Sanskrit.

Jun 15, 2022

Indians May Lose 5 Years of Life Expectancy Due to Air Pollution

The impact of air pollution is far deadlier than that of smoking, alcohol, or even consumption of unsafe water. Data show smoking reduces life expectancy by as much as 2.5 years, unsafe water and sanitation shaves off roughly a year and alcohol use by about half a year. If India doesn't meet WHO guidelines, the average Indian resident is set to lose 5 years of life expectancy.
As per the Air Quality Life Index, South Asia remains the world's pollution hotspot. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, where nearly a quarter of the global population lives, remain among the top five most polluted countries in the world. South Asia accounts for more than half, 52%, of the expected lost life years globally due to high pollution. India faces the highest health burden of air pollution in the world due to its high particulate pollution concentrations and large population. About 44% of the world's increase in pollution has come from India since 2013. The particulate pollution level in India increased from 53 then to 56 µg/m3 today—roughly 11 times higher than the WHO guidelines.

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