#Geography
✅Gs-1 : Geography- Cyclones- changing trend
🅾️While the number of cyclonic disturbances has decreased, their intensity has increased- Why?- Click here
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✅Gs-1 : Geography- Cyclones- changing trend
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✅Gs -1 : Geography- Impact of climate change on climate
🅾️ Heatwaves-Click here
🅾️Why heatwaves kill?
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🅾️ Heatwaves-Click here
🅾️Why heatwaves kill?
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#Economy #Geography
✅Theme : Mines and minerals
✅Iron ore grades
🅾️What to observe?- Role of IBM, NMET, what are captive mines and merchant mines and what are the grades of iron ore?
⚠️Note : Haematite and magnetite are the most important iron ores in India. About 79% haematite ore deposits are found in the Eastern Sector (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha & Uttar Pradesh) while about 93% magnetite ore deposits occur in Southern Sector (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, & Tamil Nadu).
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✅Theme : Mines and minerals
✅Iron ore grades
🅾️What to observe?- Role of IBM, NMET, what are captive mines and merchant mines and what are the grades of iron ore?
⚠️Note : Haematite and magnetite are the most important iron ores in India. About 79% haematite ore deposits are found in the Eastern Sector (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha & Uttar Pradesh) while about 93% magnetite ore deposits occur in Southern Sector (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, & Tamil Nadu).
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✅La Roche-Cotard ( important for anthro students)
🅾️What?- archaeological site in France- famous for Neanderthals' evidences that are found here
🅾️Important feature- Mask of La Roche-Cotard, a remarkable proto-figurine-Provides a glimpse into Neanderthals artistic expression and symbolic significance
🅾️Estimated timeline of Neanderthal activity : La Roche-Cotard as the oldest decorated cave in France, and potentially in all of Europe- between 75k-57k years.
🅾️Important technology- Mousterian technology, which is closely associated with Neanderthals
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✅La Roche-Cotard ( important for anthro students)
🅾️What?- archaeological site in France- famous for Neanderthals' evidences that are found here
🅾️Important feature- Mask of La Roche-Cotard, a remarkable proto-figurine-Provides a glimpse into Neanderthals artistic expression and symbolic significance
🅾️Estimated timeline of Neanderthal activity : La Roche-Cotard as the oldest decorated cave in France, and potentially in all of Europe- between 75k-57k years.
🅾️Important technology- Mousterian technology, which is closely associated with Neanderthals
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✅Gs -1 : Geography- Impact of climate change on climate
🅾️Indian ocean dipole and its potential to limit El Nino effects
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🅾️Indian ocean dipole and its potential to limit El Nino effects
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✅What is a Gravity Hole?
🅾️What?- a region on Earth where the gravitational pull is significantly weaker compared to the surrounding areas -sea level may be lower than average due to the weaker gravitational force acting upon the water.
🅾️Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL)- in Indian ocean is one such Gravity hole.
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✅What is a Gravity Hole?
🅾️What?- a region on Earth where the gravitational pull is significantly weaker compared to the surrounding areas -sea level may be lower than average due to the weaker gravitational force acting upon the water.
🅾️Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL)- in Indian ocean is one such Gravity hole.
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✅Gs -1 : Geography- Impact of climate change on climate
🅾️ How spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall is changing with climate change- click here
🅾️What are Cloudbursts?- Click here
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🅾️ How spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall is changing with climate change- click here
🅾️What are Cloudbursts?- Click here
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✅Gs-1 : Geography- Impact of climate change
✅Gs-3 : Climate change- This article talks about Factors for this extreme climate event( read yesterday's article)
⚜️Fundamental characteristics of monsoon rainfall in the region
⚜️Factors attributed to the Heavy Downpour in north India
⚜️Increasing Trend of Extreme Rainfall- Click here
➡️What are the Mitigation strategies against extreme climate events- Pros and cons?
🎖Usual solutions : Techno centrism( like Geo engineering - Click here) and techno mercantalism for climate change- click here
➡️What we actually need- nature based solutions- For example- Click here
🔰Quote that can be used : Climate change should be collective endeavour, its collective accountability and it is never too late to act- Chirstine Laggard, MD IMF
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✅Gs-3 : Climate change- This article talks about Factors for this extreme climate event( read yesterday's article)
⚜️Fundamental characteristics of monsoon rainfall in the region
⚜️Factors attributed to the Heavy Downpour in north India
⚜️Increasing Trend of Extreme Rainfall- Click here
➡️What are the Mitigation strategies against extreme climate events- Pros and cons?
🎖Usual solutions : Techno centrism( like Geo engineering - Click here) and techno mercantalism for climate change- click here
➡️What we actually need- nature based solutions- For example- Click here
🔰Quote that can be used : Climate change should be collective endeavour, its collective accountability and it is never too late to act- Chirstine Laggard, MD IMF
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#Environment
✅Gs-3 : Biodiversity on Galapagos Island- Red rock crab, black marine iguanas
🅾️ Are penguins found only at the poles?- Click here
🅾️You will also find the The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise- a species of very large tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis. The species comprises 15 subspecies. It is the largest living species of tortoise, with some modern Galápagos tortoises weighing up to 417 kg
🅾️Also read galapagos island- oil spill
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✅Gs-3 : Biodiversity on Galapagos Island- Red rock crab, black marine iguanas
🅾️ Are penguins found only at the poles?- Click here
🅾️You will also find the The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise- a species of very large tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis. The species comprises 15 subspecies. It is the largest living species of tortoise, with some modern Galápagos tortoises weighing up to 417 kg
🅾️Also read galapagos island- oil spill
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✅Gs-1 : Geography- Monsoon
✅Gs-3: Disaster management- Management/coordination issues between Riparian states- Click here
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#Placesinnews #Geography #IR
✅Odesa- in ukraine.
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✅Odesa- in ukraine.
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✅Gs-1 : Geography- Himachal pradesh floods- Man-made?
✅Other related news articles
🅾️Case study of Munroe Thuruthu residents, Kerala’s first set of climate refugees
🅾️Factors contributing for GLOF- Think just beyond climate change< think dams and hydroprojects' impact>
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#Geography
✅Parkachik Glacier
🅾️context : News on how 3 new lakes may form in the Parkachik glacier in Ladakh due to glacial retreat
🅾️Major river : It's situated in the Suru Valley, which is drained by the Suru River. The Suru River is a tributary of the Indus River, which it joins near the town of Kargil.
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✅Parkachik Glacier
🅾️context : News on how 3 new lakes may form in the Parkachik glacier in Ladakh due to glacial retreat
🅾️Major river : It's situated in the Suru Valley, which is drained by the Suru River. The Suru River is a tributary of the Indus River, which it joins near the town of Kargil.
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✅Amhara Region
🅾️Why in news?- Amhara region of Ethiopia - increasing violence of a local ethnic militia, called Fano, against the national army.
🅾️Reason : Failed plan to integrate regional security forces into the national army.
🅾️Significance- Fano alongside the regional security forces, played a significant role in the two-year-long civil war with the neighboring Tigray region- UPSC ASKED A QUESTION THIS YEAR on this topic- click here
🔰Amhara region- home to Lake Tana, the largest inland body of water in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile River.
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✅Amhara Region
🅾️Why in news?- Amhara region of Ethiopia - increasing violence of a local ethnic militia, called Fano, against the national army.
🅾️Reason : Failed plan to integrate regional security forces into the national army.
🅾️Significance- Fano alongside the regional security forces, played a significant role in the two-year-long civil war with the neighboring Tigray region- UPSC ASKED A QUESTION THIS YEAR on this topic- click here
🔰Amhara region- home to Lake Tana, the largest inland body of water in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile River.
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