Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees not Plausible
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, according to a report released by Universität Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change, and Society" (CLICCS).
Climate policy, protests, and the Ukraine crisis, the participating researchers systematically assessed to what extent social changes are already underway, while also analyzing certain physical processes frequently discussed as tipping points.
The researchers concluded that social change is essential to meeting the temperature goals set in Paris. But what has been achieved to date is insufficient.
Feb 03, 2023
Yaya Tso to Become Ladakh's First Biodiversity Heritage Site
Yaya Tso, known as birds' paradise for its beautiful lake located at an altitude of 4,820 metres, has been proposed as Ladakh's first biodiversity heritage site (BHS).
The Biodiversity Management Committee, the panchayat of Chumathang village, along with SECURE Himalaya Project resolved to declare Yaya Tso as Ladakh's first BHS under the Biological Diversity Act.
The resolution was signed after multiple rounds of consultations between the village stakeholders and SECURE Himalaya project to declare the high-altitude lake and its catchment as a biodiversity heritage site.
Feb 01, 2023
Hibbertopterus lamsdelli: New species of Giant Sea Scorpion
Aquatic arthropods are invertebrates living in water with segmented bodies. They are extinct. A new species of aquatic arthropod was found in New Mexico. The new species is called Hibbertopterus lamsdelli. The species lives in an estuary. It lived 300 million years ago. The species found is a sea scorpion. It is giant and is extremely rare. They feed on large prey.
They have anterior appendages. The scorpion uses these appendages to explore its food and the substrate of its habitat.
Fossils of sea scorpions are rare. They are abundantly found in European and American sedimentary rock deposits. However, they are hard to explore.