Insights Static Quiz -340, 2019–Environment

Solution: b)

Scientists have found that spraying sun-dimming chemicals high above the earth to slow global warming could be remarkably inexpensive costing about $2.25 billion a year over a 15-year period.

This geo-engineering technique known as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) could limit rising temperatures that are causing climate change.

Under SAI delivery of precursor sulfide gases such as sulfuric acid, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) or sulfur dioxide (SO2) are sprayed by artillery, aircraft and balloons.

Solution: d)

The Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES), a dedicated facility of CSIR’s

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad uses modern biotechnologies for

conservation of endangered wildlife. India’s only facility for conservation of endangered species.

Achievements of Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES):

• LaCONES has helped the Mouse Deer Conservation Breeding Centre at Nehru Zoological

Park to increase the population of mouse deer in Telangana forests. Amrabad forest, for instance, ran out of mouse deer and through the efforts of LaCONES, the animal is now

reintroduced in Amrabad Tiger Reserve.

• Earlier, LaCONES has developed universal DNA based marker for identification of wild

animals from parts and remains. It has a DNA banking of more than 250 species of mammals, birds and reptiles.

Solution: c)

The Supreme Court on 18 January ordered a public oil refinery in Assam to entirely remove a

controversial wall built on one of the state’s major elephant migration corridors in Deopahar

Reserve Forest, adjacent to the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Golaghat, Assam.

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Solution: d)

Nalbana Bird Sanctuary is the core area of the Ramsar designated wetlands of Chilika Lake, Odisha.

The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) started operating its first regional centre on the campus of Wetland Research and Training Centre near Chilika Lake. The avifauna observatory will carry out research on avian disease by collecting samples and monitor Nalabana Bird Sanctuary.

Solution: a)

Flora and Fauna of Bhitarkanika National Park

Flora: Mangrove species, casuarinas, and grasses like the indigo bush.

Fauna: The Park is home to the saltwater crocodile, Indian python, black ibis, wild boar, rhesus monkey, chital, darter, cobra, monitor lizard. Olive ridley turtles’ nest on Gahirmatha and other nearby beaches. Bhitarkanika has one of the largest populations of saltwater crocodile in India.