by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 31, 2021 | Ecology and Environment
As per a study, namely Little Ice Age Glacier Extent and Temporal Changes in Annual Mass Balance (2016–19) of Pensilungpa Glacier, Zanskar Himalaya, the Pensilungpa Glacier is receding as a result of increase in temperature and decrease in precipitation during...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 23, 2021 | Ecology and Environment
In August 2021, an independent and charitable organisation, Oxfam, released a report, namely, Tightening the Net just a few months ahead of the UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. It states that net zero carbon targets, announced by many countries, may be a...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jun 16, 2021 | Ecology and Environment
A recent study of the Thwaites Glacier (Doomsday Glacier),namely, Unsettling Currents: Warm Water Flowing beneath the ‘Doomsday Glacier’, by scientists in the University of Gothenburg,Sweden, was published in the journal Science Daily on April 9, 2021. The study...
by Team Spectrum Books | Apr 21, 2021 | Ecology and Environment
Siruvani hills located in the Coimbatore hills of Tamil Nadu has been identified as a butterfly super-hotspot after a six-year study (from March 2015 to December 2020) conducted by The Nature and Butterfly Society (TNBS). The hills are a part of the Boluvampatti...
by Team Spectrum Books | Apr 21, 2021 | Ecology and Environment
Researchers have discovered a new species of fruit fly (Euphranta siruvani) in Siruvani, situated in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, an ecological hotspot in the Western Ghats. The fruit fly, belonging to Tephritidae family, was seen in a non-forest area near...
by Team Spectrum Books | Apr 1, 2021 | Ecology and Environment
A research study, titled ‘Human-driven greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions cause distinct regional impacts on extreme fire weather’, conducted by University of California, Santa Barbara, United States, was published in the journal Nature Communications in January...
