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Sea Snot

  • It is a slimy layer of grey or green sludge, which is formed when algae are overloaded with nutrients.
  • It causes considerable damage to the marine ecosystem.
  • Warm weather caused by global warming, water pollution, uncontrolled dumping of household and industrial waste into the seas results in overloading of nutrients.
  • Recently, Turkey’s Sea of Marmara, that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, witnessed the largest outbreak of ‘sea snot’.

Glacial Lake Atlas of Ganga Basin

  • Ministry of Jal Shakti has released an updated atlas of glacial lakes that are part of the Ganga river basin.
  • The present atlas ....
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