{"id":36240,"date":"2018-11-02T11:23:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T05:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=36240"},"modified":"2018-11-02T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T05:53:09","slug":"prelims-related-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/prelims-related-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Prelims Related News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prelims Related News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/earth-facing-sixth-mass-extinction\/article19260792.ece\"><b>Earth facing sixth mass extinction<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b> <strong>Earth\u2019s sixth mass extinction at verge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 30% of animals with a backbone fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals are declining in both range and population<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Biological annihilation occurring globally<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists cautioned about the sixth mass extinction of life on earth getting unfolded than it should have.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around a decade ago, experts dreaded that a new planetary wipeout of species was looming.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At present, most agree that it is under way but the new study suggests that the die-out is already here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides much-needed data about the risk to wildlife, mapping the declining ranges and population of 27,600 species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For 177 mammals, researchers examined through data covering the period 1900 to 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mammal species that were supervised have lost at least a third of their original habitat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40% of them including rhinos, orangutans, gorillas and many big cats are surviving on 20% or less of the land they once roamed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The loss of biodiversity has recently hastened.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are as few as 20,000 lions left in the wild, less than 7,000 cheetahs, 500 to 1,000 giant pandas, and about 250 Sumatran rhinoceros.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Implications of such drastic wipeout<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tropical regions have seen the uppermost number of deteriorating species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While fewer species are disappearing in temperate zones, the percentage is just as high or higher.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As many as half of the number of animals that once shared our planet are no longer here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prime causes of wildlife decline are habitat loss, over &#8211; consumption, pollution, invasive species, disease, as well as poaching in the case of tigers, elephants, rhinos and other large animals prized for their body parts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change is poised to become a major threat in the coming decades.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/malabar-submarine-drills-worry-china\/article19260884.ece\"><b>Malabar submarine drills worry China<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b> <b>China irked by India\u2019s naval exercise at Malabar<\/b> <b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China is thoroughly monitoring and seems unhappy about the ongoing Malabar naval exercises between India, the U.S. and Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Malabar naval exercise<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Navy\u2019s mounting clout to detect Chinese submarines and surface ships in the Indian Ocean, using newly acquired weaponry from Washington disturbs China.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per the reports, there are presence of three aircraft carriers of three countries in the military exercises practiced at Malabar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The attention of the drills seems to be anti-submarine warfare (ASW).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese feel that their submarines are getting targeted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Malabar exercise used to be a widespread drill that had included air defense, anti-ship elements etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prelims Related News Earth facing sixth mass extinction: Earth\u2019s sixth mass extinction at verge Context More than 30% of animals with a backbone fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals are declining in both range and population Biological annihilation occurring globally Scientists cautioned about the sixth mass extinction of life on earth getting unfolded than it&hellip; 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