the waters.
The brine pools were discovered 4,000 feet under the surface of the gulf of Aqaba.
ENVIRONMENT
Namdapha National Park Elephant.
The first time in 12 years, an elephant has been photographed in the easternmost tiger reserve in India- Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve.
The last such sighting was in 2013.
Namdapha National Park is another park found in Arunachal Pradesh, Changlang district.
It was created in 1983 and is also a recognised biodiversity hotspot.
In the park, there are more than 1,000 plant species and about 1,400 animal species.
Olive Ridley turtles at Rushikulya mouth.
Olive Ridley turtles had missed the River Rushikulya in Ganjam district in Odisha in 2024 when the mass nesting was to take place.
Rushikulya river mouth is among the largest rookeries in the country, and where millions of female Olives Ridley turtles throng to nest en masse (arribada in Spanish).
The other locations in Odisha, where mass nesting of the Olive Ridleys occurs, are Gahirmatha and Deve river mouth in Kendrapara and Puri districts respectively.
In 2002, 2007, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024 the mass nesting in the river mouth was missed.
New wetlands in Tamil Nadu 2025
There are two bird reserves in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu, namely Sakkarakottai and Therthangal, which are the Ramsar reserves.
This gives the State 20 Ramsar sites and has the most Ramsar sites in India.
Uttar Pradesh comes next behind with 10 sites.
There are two other Ramsar sanctuaries in Ramanathapuram, viz., Chitrangudi and Kanjirankulam.
There are other 2 new locations namely the Khekepalri Wetland (Sikhim), and the Udhwa Lake (Jharkhand).
In this way, currently there are 89 Ramsar sites in India.
In 2002 the Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary gained the first Ramsar designation in Tamil Nadu.
In this case the water is calculated to contain up to 10 times the amount of salt as the normal seawater and the absence of oxygen leads to the pools killing and stunning all marine life entering it.
The Ocean Coordination Mechanism.