by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 2, 2022 | Ecology and Environment
Just before the 75th year of India’s independence, India added 11 more wetlands (4 in Tamil Nadu, 3 in Odisha, 2 in J&K, 1 in Madhya Pradesh, and 1 in Maharashtra) to the list of Ramsar sites. Presently, there are 75 wetlands in India that are part of Ramsar...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 5, 2022 | Ecology and Environment
In 2022, Pakistan has been one of the top 10 worst affected countries hit by climate change. Between August and September 2022, the country witnessed severe monsoon flooding that affected more than 33 million people. With 110 out of the 150 districts affected by the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 9, 2022 | Ecology and Environment
The temperatures across Europe have been soaring in July 2022. This has led to extreme danger alerts for wildfires in many European countries. Britain, France, Poland, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, and Germany have been reeling under severe heatwave as temperature in...
by Spectrum | Aug 3, 2022 | Ecology and Environment
The Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in August 2021, issued a gazette notification announcing the ban on ‘single-use plastic’. It came into effect from July 1, 2022. The government has now defined a list of items that would be banned. The Ministry...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jun 16, 2022 | Ecology and Environment
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the scientific group put together by the United Nations to assess all global science related to climate change, published the third instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), prepared by Working Group (WG)...
by Team Spectrum Books | May 5, 2022 | Ecology and Environment
Climate change in India has been having tremendous effects on India. India was ranked fourth among the list of countries most affected by climate change in 2015. Rising temperature on the Tibetan Plateau are resulting in the retreat of the Himalayan glaciers, which is...
