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ENVIRONMENT - June 2019

Jun 2019

Feb 12, 2022

Australia Designates Koalas as Endangered Species

Australia designated the koala as an endangered species amid pressure on the marsupials' eucalyptus tree habitats in eastern states of Australia.
The species was classed as vulnerable in Queensland, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory.
Now, there would be increased protection for the animal.
Population of Koalas is declining dramatically across the country because of habitat loss, impact of prolonged drought, black summer bushfires, Urbanisation and cumulative impacts of disease. Furthermore, thousands of koalas are thought to have been killed in fires that swept Australia's eastern and southern states in 2019 and 2020. Thus, this designation would provide more protection to the species.
Proposal to list Koalas in Endangered category was given by WWF-Australia, Humane Society International and International Fund for Animal Welfare, in April 2020. This proposal was made after research found decline in population by 62 percent in New South Wales and 50 percent in Queensland since 2001.

Feb 11, 2022

UNEP Tie-Up with Maharashtra to Support 'Majhi Vasundhara' Campaign

The United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) signed an MoU with the Maharashtra government to support its 'Majhi Vasundhara' campaign. It is an initiative towards sustainable use of energy and environmental development. The literal meaning of 'Majhi Vasundhara' is 'My Earth'. It is an initiative of the Environment and Climate Change Department, Government of Maharashtra.
'Majhi Vasundhara' is an initiative of the Government of Maharashtra's Environment and Climate Change Department to empower citizens with knowledge on the impacts of climate change and environmental issues and to encourage them to make a conscious effort towards improvement of the environment. This initiative empower citizens with knowledge on the impacts of climate change and environmental issues and to encourage them to make a conscious effort towards the improvement of the environment.

Feb 09, 2022

India's Newest Mammal

Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have found a new mammal species in the country, the White Cheeked Macaque.
While the Macaque was first discovered in China in 2015, its existence was not known in India before this, it is only now that Indian scientists have discovered its presence in the remote Anjaw district in central Arunachal Pradesh. That is barely 200 km aerial distance from where it was first spotted in China, in Modog in Southeastern Tibet.

Feb 08, 2022

Mt. Everest's Highest Glacier Lost 2,000 Years Worth of Ice since the 1990s

Even the glaciers on Mount Everest are not safe from climate change, new research suggests.
In a record-setting study, a team of scientists scaled the world's highest peak to monitor the mountain's highest-altitude glacier, the South Col Glacier, standing nearly 26,000 feet (8,000 meters) above sea level, for signs of climate-related ice loss. After installing the two highest weather stations on Earth and collecting the world's highest ice core from the glacier, the team found that South Col is losing ice roughly 80 times faster than it took for the ice to accumulate on the glacier's surface.
The team's core analysis showed that ice that took 2,000 years to form on the glacier has completely melted away since the 1990s, and that the glacier is currently losing several decades worth of ice accumulation every year.

Feb 06, 2022

Scientists Discover Lost Range of 'Supermountains' Three Times Longer than the Himalayas

Twice in our planet's history, colossal mountain ranges that towered as tall as the Himalayas and stretched thousands of miles farther reared their craggy heads out of the Earth, splitting ancient supercontinents in two.
Geologists call them the supermountains.
"There's nothing like these two supermountains. It's not just their height — if you can imagine the 1,500 miles (2,400 km) long Himalayas repeated three or four times, you get an idea of the scale.

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