Coral reefs are an important part of the ocean ecosystem, they make up for the livelihood of about half a billion people. Recently, scientists have mapped the locations of coral before and after a major ocean heatwave.
Nurdles are tiny pellets of plastic that are supplied as raw materials to industries. There these pellets are melted and poured into molds of different kinds to make stuff, but not all nurdles end up like that. According to estimates 2,00,000 metric tonnes of plastic pellets end up in the ocean. The beads are really lightweight, one weighs about 20 mg. With that estimate about 10 trillion nurdles make their way into the oceans.
India and France have promised to cooperate in the fight against climate change by ensuring that technologies are developed together and shared. Both the countries held talks last week while the Indian prime minister was visiting France.
Germany pledged 10 billion euros to help India fight climate change, and achieve its climate goals which include cutting 50% of its carbon emissions and manufacturing 500GW of power through renewable means by the year 2030.
A Bengaluru based firm has successfully installed an EV charging infrastructure that has 50 electric vehicle charging points. The commissioned EV charging hub is opened for the public at the Forum Neighbourhood Mall.
A Bhilwara based 17-year-old boy has launched a startup to curb the rising plastic pollution. The company is currently recycling 10 tonnes of plastic daily including plastic bottles, wrappers and other plastic waste and converting them into the fabric. The manufactured fibre from this process is reported to be stronger than the traditional fibre.
The officials of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation have reported that they have received more than 2,000 applications to avail E-waste collection service. Through the online portal launched last year in June by SDMC over 900 people have so far successfully managed to submit their electrical waste.
Uzbekistan has reported that it will allow the companies to mine cryptocurrencies using solar energy. As per the official statement released by the presidential house, the foreign and domestic crypto companies will be supported by exempting them from the income tax.
India is pushing for a renewable energy transition to achieve its goal of cutting 50% emissions by the year 2030. As new renewable power generation systems are built, it is also important to integrate them into the grid so the green energy can be supplied efficiently and seamlessly to industry and consumers.
Vedanta Aluminium has announced that its smelters will now run on 380 MW of renewable power; it is expected to help the company reduce its emissions by cutting 15,00,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.