Environment
Axial Seamount
Why in news? Scientists monitoring the Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon, have warned that it may erupt before the end of ...
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Why in news? Scientists monitoring the Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon, have warned that it may erupt before the end of ...
Why in news? Indian herpetologists have described a new species of slender gecko from the sacred Venkatadri hills in Andhra Pradesh. Named Hemiphyllod...
Why in news? Brazil, supported by the United Kingdom, has launched the AmazonFACE experiment to understand how the Amazon rainforest will respond to r...
Why in news? Nature enthusiasts in Karwar, Karnataka, recently spotted a large Atlas moth in the Guddehalli forest area. Photographs of the striking i...
Why in news? On 27 October 2025, Gursharan Singh, Head of the Loktak project at NHPC Ltd and newly appointed General Manager (Electrical), met Manipur...
Why in news? Palaeontologists in China have described a new species of the ancient fish genus Whiteia based on two fossil specimens from the Early Tri...
Why in news? On 28 October 2025, a small aircraft (Cessna 206H) conducted a cloud‑seeding trial over parts of Delhi amid severe air pollution. The e...
Why in news? The Ladakh State Wildlife Board has proposed a major revision of the boundaries of the Karakoram and Changthang wildlife sanctuaries. In ...
Why in news? On 29 October 2025, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) directed the Forest and Revenue departments and the Angul district collecto...
Why in news? The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported several short-lived eruptions at Taal Volcano on 25 - 26 Octob...
Why in news? The Goa Forest Department announced that the Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary will receive new animals, including barking deer and sloth bears, ...
Why in news? The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of a complaint alleging that blasting and construction activities for the...
