2017-06-02T12:41:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
The Galathea National Park comprises the core area of the southern part of the Biosphere Reserve in Great Nicobar Island and consists of lowland forests which have the greatest abundance of endemic avifauna. It is the prime nesting habitat of the Nicobar Megapode and possibly the area of other endemic [...]
2017-06-02T12:25:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Strobilanthes is a shrubby flowering plant that belongs to the Family Acanthaceae and is placed as the second largest genus in this family. The genus comprises of about 350 species mostly native to tropical Asia and Madagascar. […]
2017-05-22T21:46:38+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Coastal and marine ecosystems are found in 123 countries around the world. The marine habitats include a wide range of ecosystems such as the shallow coral reef ecosystem, mesophotic reef ecosystem, soft sediment ocean floor ecosystem to coastal estuarine ecosystem, saline wetland ecosystem, mangrove ecosystem, gulf waters, creeks, tidal flats, [...]
2017-05-13T08:24:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
An image that has gone viral- A fish has been pictured swimming inside a jellyfish off Australia’s east coast in a remarkable and rare image, apparently the fish controls the direction of movement. Back to Prelims- This is a compilation of all environmental news published by Times of India newspaper [...]
2017-05-04T21:47:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment, Society|
Indore in Madhya Pradesh has been ranked India’s cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan survey released by the government recently. The urban development minister calls the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as the movers and shakers of the cleanliness drive. […]
2017-05-03T16:42:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
The Arctic could be free of sea ice by 2040, 30 years earlier than previously suggested […]
2017-05-01T17:13:59+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Intense solar radiation, lashing winds, and little moisture i.e. less than 10 inches (25 cm) of rainfall create some of the harshest living condition in the biosphere called hot desert. In hot desert ecosystem generally with cloudless skies, the sun quickly heats the desert by day, producing the highest air [...]
2017-04-24T22:53:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Biodiversity Profile Of India:- […]
2017-04-16T13:27:45+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
The key environmental challenges that the country faces relate to the nexus of environmental degradation with poverty in its many dimensions, and economic growth. These challenges are intrinsically connected with the state of environmental resources, such as land, water, air and their flora and fauna. […]
2017-04-11T22:20:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Congress grass scientifically known as Parthenium Hysterophorus, a native of West Indies and Tropical America, has established itself all over India. […]
