Basic Environment Topics: UPSC-CSE

Phosphorus Cycle 2

The Evergreen Rainforest 3

Temperate Grassland Biome 3

Podzols 4

Air Independent Propulsion Technology 5

Temperature Inversion 6

General Circulation of Atmosphere 7

Jet Streams 8

Dew point, Relative and Specific Humidity 9

The Polar Vortex 10

Heat Wave 11

Smog 11

Temperate Cyclones 12

Tropical Cyclone 13

The Walker Circulation (Walker Cell) 14

Kelp Forests 15

LOTUS-HR 16

iND-cepi & UMMID 16

BBX11 Gene 17

GEAC and the GM crops 17

Nano Urea Liquid 18

Xenobiotics 18

Seaweeds 19

Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) 20

Global Environment Facility (GEF) 21

Sea Cucumbers 22

Montreux Record 22

Important Rivers flowing in National Park 23

Asiatic Lion, Cheetah and Elephant 23

Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 25

Bay, Gulf & Strait 25

Hypoxia 26

Ekman Spiral 27

Ocean Rewilding 27

Coral Reefs 28

MERPOL Convention 29

Oil Spill in Oceans 29

Blue Nature Alliance 30

Forest Rights Act 31

UNESCO 31

Bonn, Vienna, Basel, and Kigali Agreement 33

UNFCCC Annexure 34

Sundarbans 35

NEST 37

Biosparging 38

Species Recovery Programme 38

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) 39

State of Environment Report, 2022 (Highlights) 39

Birdlife International 40

Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) 41

Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) 42

Conservation Reserves 43

National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries 44

Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) 45

National Bureau of Soil Survey 45

Entisols, Vertisols, and Aridisols 45