2017-07-28T15:58:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Article 1 of the UN Convention to combat desertification defines land degradation as a “reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain-fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a [...]
2017-07-28T15:43:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
When we talk about pollution, thermal pollution rarely comes to our minds. However, with the innumerable thermal power plants and industries mushrooming everywhere, thermal pollution is a real and persistent problem of current times. […]
2017-07-24T08:05:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
Why landslide mitigation is important? The monsoons may bring life and prosperity to our agrarian societies, but it also has harmful consequences, especially for hilly regions. […]
2017-07-19T09:02:43+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Drought is a climatic condition, which is characterized by lack of precipitation and dryness. Drought prone areas are identified by a deficit of rainfall received in a particular area. The parameters to identify drought prone areas vary depending on the natural climatic conditions. […]
2017-07-18T10:33:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
The ozone layer is a belt of naturally occurring ozone gas in the stratosphere. It absorbs the harmful ultraviolet radiations emitted from the sun before it reaches the Earth’s atmosphere. Ozone depleting substances (ODS) like CFCs and other organic substances that are used in appliances are responsible for the depletion [...]
2017-07-15T07:20:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
The coral bleaching phenomenon:- The beautiful coral reefs surrounded by blue tropical seas are not just coloured rocks but are thriving ecosystems with live corals that attach their skeletons to rocks and live there. The colours indicate the presence of single-celled algae-like zooxanthellae within their tissues that provide them with the essential [...]
2017-07-10T02:22:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
2017-07-06T20:57:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
Note:- UPSC usually asks questions on current trends (eg- Clive Wilkinson’s report on Coral, Current Research Programs etc, and the content of this article is an attempt in this regard. This particular article caters to Environmental Geography, although can be used in GS paper or any other paper as one [...]
2017-07-03T18:52:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
The terms desertification refers to degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities. It does not imply loss of land to desert or through sand-dune movement. […]
2017-06-22T00:58:39+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Waste water is produced in almost every home and industry, which somehow has been finding its way into our fresh water bodies, thus adding another concern to our long list of things that ail the planet. Our constant development has come at the cost of generation of large quantities of [...]
