Disruption of Food-chains and Genetic Erosion
The population explosions of earlier and present days have already caused and are still causing severe impacts on the global environment. As for the Read More…
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Transfer of Food through Ecosystems
All biosphere ecosystems have well-organized functions, such as cycling nutrients through food chains, operating biogeochemical cycles, and maintainiRead More…
Types of Ecosystems – Terrestrial and Aquatic
Ecosystems can be categorised into two broad categories: natural and artificial. Natural Ecosystems are those ecosystems that operate by themselves uRead More…
Structure and Functions of Ecosystems
The environment has two basic components: Biotic and Abiotic. The biotic components of an ecosystem are living beings—plants, animals, and microorgRead More…
The Limit of Tolerance of Environment
We have been hearing about environmental pollution, loss of biodiversity, energy crisis, and the sustainable environment since long. So many things hRead More…
Aquatic Eco-System
Aquatic ecosystem comprises fresh water ecosystem and marine ecosystem. Fresh Water Ecosystem This ecosystem comprises running water systems (LRead More…
How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
Energy is the basis of the whole biosphere. Both the living beings and the non-livings contain energy. That energy is hidden in between atoms and Read More…
Industrial Pollution Control Measures
•Principles and Guidelines Following principles and guidelines have been accepted for the control of different types of Industrial pollutions- Read More…
Biotic Components of Ecosystem
All the life forms in an ecosystem constitute Biotic components of that ecosystem. These components constitute three Trophic Levels. These trophic leRead More…
Questions and Answers on Environment
Why are some substances biodegradable and some substances non-biodegradable? Ans. Specific enzymes are needed for degradation of substances. A sRead More…