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General Knowledge Quiz
World Bank Report on Agri-food System
The World Bank’s report emphasizes the need for sustainable practices to significantly reduce global agrifood emissions and achieve a low-carbon food system.
Key Points :
- Replacing a quarter of India’s diesel irrigation pumps with solar pumps could reduce the country’s agrifood emissions by 11.5 million tonnes annually.
- In India, 80% of emission reduction in agriculture could be achieved through cost-saving measures, emphasizing efficiency and sustainability.
- The top ten agrifood system emitters, including China, Brazil, India, the US, and Indonesia, are responsible for 55% of global emissions, highlighting the need for targeted interventions in these regions, that’s it for first general knowledge quiz facts.
Russia’s Batagaika Crater Expands Rapidly Due to Thaw
Russia’s Batagaika Crater, also known as the “gateway to the underworld,” is rapidly expanding due to the thawing of permafrost, highlighting the stark impacts of climate change in the region.
Key Points :
- The Batagaika Crater in Siberia, known as the “gateway to the underworld,” is rapidly expanding due to permafrost thaw, losing over 35 million cubic feet of ice and sediment annually. It exposes permafrost layers frozen for up to 650,000 years, providing crucial insights into ancient climates.
- Discovered in 1991, the crater formed from a collapsed hillside in the Yana Uplands of Yakutia, Russia. The thawing process has accelerated, with the crater’s cliff face melting approximately 40 feet per year, significantly altering the landscape.
- The crater’s growth offers a unique natural laboratory for studying the effects of climate change on permafrost regions, emphasizing the need for global environmental strategies to address the implications of thawing permafrost, which includes the release of stored greenhouse gases, that’s it for second general knowledge quiz facts.