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ENVIRONMENT - June 2022

Jun 2022

Jul 02, 2022

Never-before-seen Microbes Locked in Glacier Ice could Spark a Wave of New Pandemics if Released

Scientists uncovered more than 900 never-before-seen species of microbes living inside glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. Analysis of the microbes' genomes revealed that some have the potential to spawn new pandemics, if rapid melting caused by climate change releases them from their icy prisons.
In a new study, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences took ice samples from 21 glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau — a high-altitude region in Asia wedged between the Himalayan mountain range to the south and the Taklamakan Desert to the north. The team then sequenced the DNA of the microscopic organisms locked inside the ice, creating a massive database of microbe genomes that they named the Tibetan Glacier Genome and Gene (TG2G) catalog. It is the first time that a microbial community hidden within a glacier has been genetically sequenced.

Jul 01, 2022

India Promises International Community to Protect 30% of Land and Water

India gave the international community the reassurance that it will keep to its goal of protecting at least 30% of "our" land, water, and ocean by 2030 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India's Minister for Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh, made the following remarks on behalf of the country at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon: Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, all efforts are being made to achieve the 30×30 target in a mission mode as per the COP resolutions. He stated that his purpose in attending the UN summit was to share Modi's vision for protecting and sustaining the ocean and its resources with the rest of the globe.
India joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, which was founded at the "One Planet Summit" in Paris in January 2021 and seeks to advocate a global accord to safeguard at least 30% of the world's land and ocean by 2030.

Jun 29, 2022

Explorers Find WWII Navy Ship, Deepest Wreck Discovered

A U.S. Navy destroyer escort that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines became the deepest wreck to be discovered.
The USS Samuel B. Roberts, popularly known as the "Sammy B," was identified broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 6,985 meters (22,916 feet).
That puts it 426 meters (1,400 feet) deeper than the USS Johnston, the previous deepest wreck discovered in 2021 in the Philippine Sea also by American explorer Victor Vescovo, founder of Dallas-based Caladan Oceanic Expeditions.
The Sammy B. took part in the Battle off Samar, the final phase of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, in which the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered its biggest loss of ships and failed to dislodge the U.S. forces from Leyte, which they invaded earlier as part of the liberation of the Philippines.

Jun 28, 2022

Utricularia Furcellata: Rare Carnivorous Plant Found for First Time in Western Himalayan Region

A very rare carnivorous plant species called Utricularia Furcellata was found in the western Himalayan region for the first time.
The detection of the rare species was made by a research team of the Uttarakhand Forest Department in the picturesque Mandal valley located in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.
It is the first sighting of the plant not only in Uttarakhand but in the entire western Himalayan region.
Carnivorous plants which generally grow on poor nutrient soil have aroused new interest in the scientific community across the world because of their potential medicinal benefits.

Jun 27, 2022

Tata Chemicals Europe Opens UK's Largest Carbon Capture Plant

Tata Chemicals Europe officially opened the UK's first industrial-scale carbon capture and usage plant, a move that signals a key milestone in the race to meet the UK's net-zero targets.
The 20 million pound investment was completed by Northwich-based Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) in north-west England, one of Europe's leading producers of sodium carbonate, salt and sodium bicarbonate. The company claims it is now able to manufacture one of the lowest carbon footprint sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate products in the world, chemicals used to make a wide array of everyday items seen in many households.
In a "world-first", carbon dioxide captured from energy generation emissions is being purified to food and pharmaceutical grade and used as a raw material in the manufacture of sodium bicarbonate, which will be known as Ecokarb and has potential life-saving uses.

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