News:A study has been conducted by PURE (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology) to look at the Cardiovascular Diseases(CVDs) risk factors in middle-aged adults in 21 countries. Facts: The study has found that Cardiovascular Diseases(CVDs) remains the leading cause of mortality among middle aged adults globally accounting for more than 40% of deaths. However,the deaths from cardiac… Continue reading Explained: Air pollution in Indian homes key heart risk factor, The Lancet finds
Category: Factly: Environment
This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to the Environment. You can find all relevant Environment related updates on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.
Hurricane Dorian
News: Hurricane Dorian made a landfall at Abacos Islands in the Bahamas. Facts: Hurricane Dorian is a Category 5 hurricane –the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale. It had a wind speed of around 285 kilometres/hour at landfall. About Hurricanes: Hurricanes are name given to tropical cyclones occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. To qualify as a… Continue reading Hurricane Dorian
UNCCD CoP 14: Report on Soil Organic Carbon released
News: The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)’s Committee on Science and Technology (CST) has released its report on Soil Organic Carbon titled “Realising the Carbon Benefits of Sustainable Land Management Practices: Guidelines for Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon in the Context of Land Degradation Neutrality Planning and Monitoring”. Facts: The report emphasises the… Continue reading UNCCD CoP 14: Report on Soil Organic Carbon released
Telling Numbers: The food we waste, and what it costs the global economy
A new report titled “Reducing Food Loss and Waste” by the World Resources Institute (WRI) with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation has quantified global food wastage. The report has said that nearly one-third of the food that is produced globally each year goes uneaten,costing the global economy over $940 billion. Most of the food… Continue reading Telling Numbers: The food we waste, and what it costs the global economy
Special Tiger Force for Corbett Reserve set up
Uttarakhand Government has decided to set up Special Tiger Force for Corbett Tiger Reserve(CTR). The special tiger force will check illegal human intrusion into the reserve through villages located on its fringes and serve as a second layer of protection for tigers at the CTR. Jim Corbett National Park was established in 1936 as Hailey… Continue reading Special Tiger Force for Corbett Reserve set up
Chhattisgarh: India’s first garbage cafe to be opened in Ambikapur
India’s first Garbage Café will soon be opened in the city of Ambikapur in north Chhattisgarh.It is a step towards making the city plastic-free. This initiative is led by the Ambikapur municipal corporation of Chhattisgarh.The city has been hailed as the second cleanest city in the country in Swachhata rankings. In this unique Cafe’, poor… Continue reading Chhattisgarh: India’s first garbage cafe to be opened in Ambikapur
Australia downgrades Great Barrier Reef to very poor status
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) has released Outlook Report 2019 that examine the Great Barrier Reef’s health, pressures, and likely future. The long-term outlook of the reef has been downgraded to “very poor” for the first time. According to the report, the greatest threat to the Reef is climate change. The other… Continue reading Australia downgrades Great Barrier Reef to very poor status
Delhi needs to cut pollution level by 65% to meet air quality standard: CSE
Environmental NGO, Centre for Science and Environment has released new results from its on-going analysis of air quality trends in Delhi to highlight Delhi’s struggle with air pollution and what it takes to control pollution. The CSE has noted that after the launch of comprehensive clean air action plan and graded response action plan, there… Continue reading Delhi needs to cut pollution level by 65% to meet air quality standard: CSE
Govt. plans drive to restrict plastic use
A committee headed by Indian Prime Minister has decided that a major initiative on restricting the use of plastic, eliminating single use plastic and handling of plastic waste will be launched on October 2, 2019 Between September 11 and October 2, the government has planned a plastic use and waste awareness campaign across 4,000 towns… Continue reading Govt. plans drive to restrict plastic use
Two new eel species discovered
Two new species of marine eel have been discovered and documented by Estuarine Biology Regional Centre (EBRC) of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) at Gopalpur-on-sea in Odisha. One of them is a short brown un-patterned moray eel. It has been named ‘Gymnothorax andamanensesis’. Another species discovered was a white-spotted moray eel which has been… Continue reading Two new eel species discovered
