Fog, a common weather phenomenon, also holds quite a mystery. Particularly in areas of complex terrain like mountainous regions, people have long found fog intriguing and concerning.
India’s post-monsoon rainfall for 2023, which includes the months of October to December, saw the country receiving 110.7 mm of rainfall. This is 9% below the normal level, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The State of India’s Environment report 2024 highlights that India's total forest cover has increased by a little more than 0.5% between 2017 and 2021. However, the report also cautions that this seemingly positive development has some caveats.
As they have done annually since 2009, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) has pinpointed the 15 most pressing conservation issues worldwide through their ‘Horizon Scan’ project.
India, which hosts one of the biggest populations of Asian elephants globally, has seen a tragic loss of 1,381 elephants from 2009 to 2023 due to unnatural reasons such as electrocution and poisoning.
Like previous years, the UN and other international institutions will set several commemorative dates in 2024, aiming to raise awareness among the population about environmental problems.