CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Trump White House axes Nasa research into greenhouse gas cuts. President Donald Trump’s administration has ended US space agency Nasa’s monitoring system into greenhouse gases, a US journal has revealed.

Detailed explanation-2: -China was the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in 2021, accounting for nearly 31 percent of the global emissions. The world’s top five largest polluters were responsible for roughly 60 percent of global CO₂ emissions in 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite “IBUKI” (GOSAT) is the world’s first spacecraft to measure the concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane, the two major greenhouse gases, from space. The spacecraft was launched successfully on January 23, 2009, and has been operating properly since then.