🔆 IMD Warns of Warmer February Impacting Crops
✅ Higher temperatures + below-normal rainfall in North India
✅ Wheat, fruits, & vegetables at risk due to early flowering & poor yield
✅ Majorly affected states: Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan
✅ Mustard & chickpea may mature early, impacting production
✅ Apple & stone fruits may see lower quality due to temperature spikes
✅ UP & MP less affected, as rainfall may moderate temperatures
✅ Higher temperatures + below-normal rainfall in North India
✅ Wheat, fruits, & vegetables at risk due to early flowering & poor yield
✅ Majorly affected states: Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan
✅ Mustard & chickpea may mature early, impacting production
✅ Apple & stone fruits may see lower quality due to temperature spikes
✅ UP & MP less affected, as rainfall may moderate temperatures
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🔆🌾 Agriculture & Allied Sectors Show Strong Growth
✅ 5% Annual Growth – The agriculture sector maintained resilience, averaging 5% annual growth (2016-17 to 2022-23) despite challenges.
✅ GVA Boost – Agriculture’s Gross Value Added (GVA) share rose from 24.38% (2014-15) to 30.23% (2022-23), contributing 1% to overall GVA.
✅ Fisheries & Livestock Surge – Fisheries CAGR: 13.67%, Livestock CAGR: 12.99%, showing rapid expansion.
✅ Oilseeds Concern – Slower growth at 1.9%, increasing dependence on imports for edible oil.
✅ Irrigation Gains – Irrigated area expanded (49.3% → 55%), but Jharkhand & Assam lag below 20%.
✅ Agricultural Income Growth – 5.23% annual rise in farm income over the past decade.
🚜 Despite climate challenges, India’s agri-sector is growing steadily with targeted interventions!
✅ 5% Annual Growth – The agriculture sector maintained resilience, averaging 5% annual growth (2016-17 to 2022-23) despite challenges.
✅ GVA Boost – Agriculture’s Gross Value Added (GVA) share rose from 24.38% (2014-15) to 30.23% (2022-23), contributing 1% to overall GVA.
✅ Fisheries & Livestock Surge – Fisheries CAGR: 13.67%, Livestock CAGR: 12.99%, showing rapid expansion.
✅ Oilseeds Concern – Slower growth at 1.9%, increasing dependence on imports for edible oil.
✅ Irrigation Gains – Irrigated area expanded (49.3% → 55%), but Jharkhand & Assam lag below 20%.
✅ Agricultural Income Growth – 5.23% annual rise in farm income over the past decade.
🚜 Despite climate challenges, India’s agri-sector is growing steadily with targeted interventions!
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🌍 Greenland’s Ice Loss: A Climate Warning
📍 Key Findings
✅ Over 1,000 gigatons of ice (20% of Greenland’s edges) lost in the past 40 years.
✅ Global Warming Impact: Greenland glaciers are highly sensitive to warming, with significant retreat since 1985.
✅ Sea Level Rise: Melting ice contributed 20%+ to global sea level rise since 2002.
📌 About Greenland
✅ Largest Island: Located in the North Atlantic Ocean, bordered by Canada, Iceland, and Norway.
✅ Capital: Nuuk
✅ Highest Point: Gunnbjorn’s Fjeld
✅ Physical Features:
Vast tundra and immense glaciers like Peterman Glacier.
Greenland Ice Sheet: Covers over 80% of the land, second-largest after Antarctica.
✅ Unique Geography:
Sun doesn’t set from May 25 to July 25.
Greenland Sea: Borders Arctic Ocean and Norwegian Sea.
✅ National Park: Northeast Greenland National Park is the world’s largest.
🌡 Climate Relevance
✅ Greenland’s ice loss highlights the intensifying impact of global warming on sea levels and global ecosystems.
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📍 Key Findings
✅ Over 1,000 gigatons of ice (20% of Greenland’s edges) lost in the past 40 years.
✅ Global Warming Impact: Greenland glaciers are highly sensitive to warming, with significant retreat since 1985.
✅ Sea Level Rise: Melting ice contributed 20%+ to global sea level rise since 2002.
📌 About Greenland
✅ Largest Island: Located in the North Atlantic Ocean, bordered by Canada, Iceland, and Norway.
✅ Capital: Nuuk
✅ Highest Point: Gunnbjorn’s Fjeld
✅ Physical Features:
Vast tundra and immense glaciers like Peterman Glacier.
Greenland Ice Sheet: Covers over 80% of the land, second-largest after Antarctica.
✅ Unique Geography:
Sun doesn’t set from May 25 to July 25.
Greenland Sea: Borders Arctic Ocean and Norwegian Sea.
✅ National Park: Northeast Greenland National Park is the world’s largest.
🌡 Climate Relevance
✅ Greenland’s ice loss highlights the intensifying impact of global warming on sea levels and global ecosystems.
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Join @Mapping_prelims_mains
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Point Nemo
✅Point Nemo, located in the South Pacific and also known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, is one of the most remote places on Earth, situated approximately 2,688 kilometers from the nearest landmass.
✅Due to its extreme isolation, the closest human presence is often aboard the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting above.
✅Additionally, Point Nemo serves as a spacecraft cemetery, where space agencies deliberately direct decommissioned satellites and space stations to safely re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and fall into the ocean, minimizing risks to populated areas.
📍Navika Sagar Parikrama II
✅ Covering more than 21,600 nautical miles (approx 40,000 km), it will unfold in five legs with stopovers at four ports for replenishment and maintenance.
✅ The five legs are:
1. Goa to Fremantle, Australia
2. Fremantle to Lyttleton, New Zealand
3. Lyttleton to Port Stanley, Falkland
4. Port Stanley to Cape Town, S Africa
5. Cape Town to Goa.
✅Point Nemo, located in the South Pacific and also known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, is one of the most remote places on Earth, situated approximately 2,688 kilometers from the nearest landmass.
✅Due to its extreme isolation, the closest human presence is often aboard the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting above.
✅Additionally, Point Nemo serves as a spacecraft cemetery, where space agencies deliberately direct decommissioned satellites and space stations to safely re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and fall into the ocean, minimizing risks to populated areas.
📍Navika Sagar Parikrama II
✅ Covering more than 21,600 nautical miles (approx 40,000 km), it will unfold in five legs with stopovers at four ports for replenishment and maintenance.
✅ The five legs are:
1. Goa to Fremantle, Australia
2. Fremantle to Lyttleton, New Zealand
3. Lyttleton to Port Stanley, Falkland
4. Port Stanley to Cape Town, S Africa
5. Cape Town to Goa.
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Mount Harriet: Biodiversity and Significance 🌳🐾
✅ Forests: Known for evergreen primary forests and mixed deciduous forests, making it a biodiversity hotspot.
✅ Wildlife: Home to unique species like:
- Andaman wild pigs 🐗 (Endangered)
- Saltwater crocodiles 🐊
- Turtles 🐢
- Robber crabs 🦀
✅ Geographical Importance:
- Mount Harriet is the third-highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
🌍 A vital ecological zone with unique flora and fauna, contributing to the rich biodiversity of the region.
✅ Forests: Known for evergreen primary forests and mixed deciduous forests, making it a biodiversity hotspot.
✅ Wildlife: Home to unique species like:
- Andaman wild pigs 🐗 (Endangered)
- Saltwater crocodiles 🐊
- Turtles 🐢
- Robber crabs 🦀
✅ Geographical Importance:
- Mount Harriet is the third-highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
🌍 A vital ecological zone with unique flora and fauna, contributing to the rich biodiversity of the region.
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