An Olympian bat is peaking the interest of climate scientists after she broke British records by flying a distance of more than 2,000 km from London to the Pskov region in northwestern Russia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The female Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat was only as big as a human thumb and its wing was […]
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China is facing a growing risk of experiencing extreme weather and climate events and a temperature rise higher than the global average as a result of continuing climate warming. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A Blue Book on Climate Change in China 2021 published by China’s China Meteorological Administration (CMA) this week cautioned that between
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The Independent charitable organisation Oxfam reported that ‘net zero’ carbon targets that many countries have announced may be a “dangerous distraction” from the priority of cutting carbon emissions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 “Land-hungry ‘net zero’ schemes could force an 80 per cent rise in global food prices and more hunger while allowing rich nations
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A massive wildfire broke out in Manavgat District of Antalya Province, southern Turkey, engulfing approximately 1500 hectares of land. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A wildfire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation occurring in rural areas. It may crossroads, or burn in sparsely populated areas. The vast majority of naturally-caused wildfires are
The biggest rainforest in the world, Amazon forests have started emitting carbon dioxide (CO2) instead of absorbing carbon emissions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A significant amount of deforestation in eastern and southeastern Brazil has turned the forest into a source of CO2 that has the ability to warm the planet. Not only the Amazon
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The recent attempt of Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) to reintroduce into the wild an abandoned nine-month-old cub named Mangala after rearing it in ‘captivity’ for two years has once again brought the controversial concept of ‘re-wilding’ of abandoned or injured animals under the lens. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, wildlife Preserve in
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The United Nations World Meteorological Organization has confirmed that Antarctica logged temperatures up to 18.3 degrees Celsius, a new maximum temperature record for the region, on February 6 earlier this year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With this, Antarctica has now become one of the fastest-warming regions in the world — registering a rise of
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The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) granted a nod to the Ramgarh Vishdhari wildlife sanctuary to become the 4th Tiger reserve of Rajasthan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This Sanctuary is located at a distance of 45 Km from Bundi City on Bundi-Nainwa Road near Village Ramgarh, District Bundi, Rajasthan. The total area of 1,017
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According to the UNESCO in a draft report, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia should be put on the list of world heritage sites that are in danger. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Great Barrier Reef gained World Heritage ranking in 1981, but over the years due to accelerated global warming, and ocean acidification
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Two species of monal, a colour pheasant, were sighted together in Local wildlife enthusiasts in Upper Siang district of central Arunachal Pradesh. While Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) is more widely distributed from Afghanistan to northeast India, the rarer Sclater’s (Lophophorus sclateri) monal is found in southern China and northern Myanmar. A trio of wildlife enthusiasts
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