4th Global Mass Coral Bleaching

Mains > Environment & Ecology > Species extinction & protection > Coral bleaching

SYLLABUSGS 3 >> Environment & EcologyREFERENCE NEWSAccording to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (...

2024 APR 21

Coral Ecosystem

Mains > Environment & Ecology > Biodiversity > Coral bleaching

SYLLABUS:GS 3 > Environment & Ecology > Biodiversity > Coral reefsREFERENCE NEWS:During the recently concl...

2024 MAR 27

Mains > Environment & Ecology > Biodiversity > Coral bleaching

WHY IN NEWS? Recently, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority of Australia has declared that a wide stretch ...

For prelims, questions on conditions for the origin of corals, their characteristics and locations can be asked.
For mains, corals- their formation, significance and measures taken for their protection etc can be asked in GS 1 as well as GS 3.

2022 MAR 30

Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > Coral bleaching

Why in news? Members of the United Nations World Heritage Committee are being lobbied to pressure Australia to com...

2021 JUN 3

Preliminary > Geography > Oceanography > Coral bleaching

IN NEWS: The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem located in Australia, recently exp...

2020 APR 8

Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Biodiversity > Coral bleaching

WHY IN NEWS? The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), with help from Gujarat’s forest department, is attempting fo...

2020 JAN 27