PIB Notes
ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT :
MOSAiC Expedition
- The MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) project will take a modern research icebreaker laden with scientific instruments close to the North Pole in winter.
- It will be the first year-round expedition into the central Arctic exploring the Arctic climate system.
- It will contribute to a quantum leap in our understanding of the coupled Arctic climate system and its representation in global climate models.
- The focus of MOSAiC lies on direct in-situ observations of the climate processes that couple the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem.
- Vishnu Nandan, a remote sensing scientist from Kerala will be the only Indian among 300 scientists all over the world aboard the multidisciplinary drifting observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition.
Poba Reserved Forest
- The Poba Reserved Forest will soon be a wildlife sanctuary.
- MoEFCC has directed the Assam government to take necessary steps to declare the Poba reserve forest in the state’s Dhemaji district a wildlife sanctuary.
Poison Fire Coral
- Poison Fire Coral is one of world’s deadliest fungi.
- It was found recently in north Queensland, a long way from its usual home in Japan and Korea.
- Poison fire coral, typically found on tree roots and in the soil, is the only known fungus whose toxins are absorbed through the skin.
