by Team Spectrum Books | Feb 21, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
The Associated Press reported on December 19, 2022, that aquatic scientists were developing a system that would be capable of measuring the carbon dioxide and pH levels (the measure to gauge acidity) of Great Lakes of North America over several years. The Great Lakes...
by Spectrum | Jan 19, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
In Montreal, Canada, representatives from 188 governments met to agree on a new set of goals to guide global action through 2030 to halt and reverse nature loss at the Conference of the Parties 15 (COP 15) summit, held in December 2022. This was the second part of COP...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 2, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
Scientists of Smithsonian Institution of Washington, USA, have discovered five new species of black corals living as deep as 760 metres or 2,500 feet, below the surface in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea off the coast of Australia in November 2022. The scientists...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 2, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
Heatwaves have multiple and cascading impacts not just on human health, but also on ecosystems, agriculture, water and energy supplies and key sectors of economy. India has been experiencing higher temperatures that arrive earlier and stay for longer, according to the...
by Spectrum | Dec 19, 2022 | Ecology and Environment
The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), popularly known COP27, was held between November 6-20, 2022, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, under the presidency of Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 23, 2022 | Ecology and Environment
Over 70 years after extinction, eight African cheetahs—five female and three male—from Namibia were released at the Kuno National Park, in Madhya Pradesh on September 17, 2022. They are between the age of four and six years. This is the first time in the world that a...
