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HINDU NOTES-JULY 12 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]
Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Climate change threatens Nilgiri tahr News The antics of the sure-footed Nilgiri tahr are a treat to watch, but these endangered wild mountain goats found only in high altitudes in India’s Western Ghats could be losing their footing with increasing climate change. Findings Even under moderate scenarios of future climate change, tahrs could lose approximately 60% of their habitats from the 2030s on, predict scientists in their study. Scientists tried to predict how climate change can affect tahr habitat in the Ghats by mapping tahr distribution (using existing information and field surveys) and then using climatic factors of these locations to see where tahrs would be able to survive, given current and future…