Ooze is mud sediment on the bottom of an ocean or lakebed formed from the accumulation of skeletal and organic remains of microscopic organisms... View Article
Ocean deposits are the sediments that settle down on the ocean floor. They come from different sources and by different means. The following are... View Article
The factors that affect the salinity of seawater are mentioned below: The salinity of water in the surface layer of oceans depend mainly... View Article
Of the five ocean basins, the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest. The surface waters of the North Atlantic have higher salinity than those of any... View Article
Salt in the ocean comes from two sources: runoff from the land and openings in the seafloor. Rocks on land are the major source of salts... View Article
All waters in nature, whether rainwater or ocean water, contain dissolved mineral salts. Salinity is the term used to define the total content of... View Article
Fly ash is the fine powder formed from the mineral matter in coal, consisting of the noncombustible matter in coal and a small amount of carbon... View Article
The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change, adopted in 2015. It covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance.... View Article
The Green Climate Fund was started by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Green Climate Fund was created to... View Article
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and... View Article
The Bombay Natural History Society is to spread awareness about nature through science-based research, conservation advocacy, education,... View Article
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Environment and Forests. It aims to carry out... View Article
The magazine published by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is the Hornbill. It is a quarterly magazine that brings studies and... View Article
A wetland can be struck off the Montreux Record provided it has undergone extensive conservation efforts. Chilika Lake was a wetland that was... View Article
Chilika Lake has not been removed from the Ramsar Convention but rather from the Montreux Records. The Montreux Record is a register of wetland... View Article
Yes, Chilika Lake is a Ramsar site. Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha... View Article
Lonar Lake is a Ramsar site. It is located in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham lake, in Agra. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands... View Article
Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister who launched the Ganga Action Plan. Ganga Action Plan abbreviated as (GAP) is one of the longest and... View Article
