{"id":116232,"date":"2021-06-26T06:23:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T06:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=116232"},"modified":"2021-06-26T06:23:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T06:23:43","slug":"ceos-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/ceos-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"CEOS COAST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Which of the following UN agency has recently endorsed the CEOS COAST a multinational project co-led by ISRO and NOAA?<br><\/strong>a) UNICEF<br>b) UNESCO<br>c) UNEP<br>d) None of these<br><strong>Answer: (b)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 8 June 2021; a multinational project co-led by ISRO and NOAA was endorsed by UNESCO\u2019s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.<\/li><li>The project is known as Committee on Earth Observation Satellites\u2014Coastal Observations, Applications, Services, and Tools (CEOS COAST).<\/li><li>ISRO and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from the US joined together to improve satellite based observations of the Ocean.<\/li><li>UN body endorsed the ISRO- IOAA project due to their use of innovative technology, and for fostering trust and collaboration among scientists.<\/li><li>UN body acknowledged the accuracy of coastal data based on satellite and land-based observations by the CEOS COAST.<\/li><li>CEOS COAST and Its pilot projects are uniquely capable of using Earth Observation technologies to meet several of the 17 UN-designated sustainable development goals for the Ocean Decade initiative.<\/li><li>The themes of these projects include disaster risk reduction and coastal resilience among continental shorelines and small island nations.<\/li><li>Their work will improve the way we study how the sea can affect the land such as- large-scale flooding events,<\/li><li>How land usage affects coastal ecosystems,<\/li><li>Water quality issues and the root causes of coastal runoff and sediment deposits.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By \u2013 Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/national\/isro-noaa-led-multinational-project-endorsed-by-un-body\/article34942946.ece?homepage=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/national\/isro-noaa-led-multinational-project-endorsed-by-un-body\/article34942946.ece?homepage=true<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which of the following UN agency has recently endorsed the CEOS COAST a multinational project co-led by ISRO and NOAA?a) UNICEFb) UNESCOc) UNEPd) None of theseAnswer: (b)Related Facts:- On 8 June 2021; a multinational project co-led by ISRO and NOAA was endorsed by UNESCO\u2019s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. The project is known as Committee on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":116233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1137],"tags":[2541],"class_list":["post-116232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mis","tag-miscellaneous-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116234,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116232\/revisions\/116234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}