Page-15 of Environment Current Affairs

Tree Cover Increase Threatens Grassland Bird Populations

August 1, 2024

Increasing tree cover is usually seen as good for protecting nature and fighting climate change. But new research shows that trees spreading into places that have always been open, like savannahs and grasslands, can harm native animals, especially birds that ..

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Bhupender Yadav Launches Ideas4LiFE Initiative at IIT Delhi

July 31, 2024

Union Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, announced the launch of Ideas4LiFE at IIT Delhi. This initiative aims to collect innovative ideas that encourage environmentally friendly behaviors. The Purpose of Ideas4LiFE Ideas4LiFE is set up to gather ..

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Two Flower Fly Species Reported from Kerala for the First Time

July 20, 2024

The genus Mesembrius Rondani,1857 is an Old World genus comprising about 58 species across various regions such as the Oriental, Australasian, and Afrotropical regions, and the Mediterranean Basin of the Palaearctic Region. They belong to the subfamily Eristalinae within the ..

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Wolbachia Bacteria

July 15, 2024

One of the most important studies ever published by Shenyang Agricultural University (SAU) in June showed how Wolbachia bacteria have changed the wasp Encarsia formosa’s reproductive system, creating groups of only females. This finding is very important, especially for biological ..

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IUCN Red List Update

July 10, 2024

The IUCN recently updated the Red List that make it more important to protect a number of lizard and cactus species. The Ibiza wall lizard has been reclassified as threatened, mostly because of invasive species and other problems caused by ..

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New Horned Frog Species Discovered in Northeast India

July 8, 2024

Xenophrys apatani is a new species of horned frog that was just named by scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). The find was made in the Tale Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, which is in the heavily forested ..

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West Antarctica’s Vulnerability

July 8, 2024

Different ice sheets covering different parts of Antarctica have been a mystery for a long time. A new study is starting to solve that mystery by showing why West Antarctica is still very vulnerable to warming in the present day. ..

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Rare and Fatal Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection

July 5, 2024

Three people have recently died in Kerala, from Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a cancerous brain illness. One of them, a 12-year-old boy from Feroke in the Kozhikode district, died at a private hospital from the illness. What is Primary Amoebic ..

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