Combating Global Warming and Climate Change
Human activities of pollution are modifying the natural process of greenhouse effect. The advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s boosted upRead More…
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Habitat Destruction
Nearly half of the planet’s plant and animal species live in Rainforests. Less than 2.5 billion acres of Tropical Forest have remained out of four biRead More…
Urban and Rural Waste: Methods of their Disposal
Different activities may generate waste which may be solid or liquid. The quality of both solid and liquid wastes is increasing and if the wastes areRead More…
Energy from Oceans- Tidal Energy, Wave Energy and Oceanic Thermal Energy
Ocean is a vast natural resource of water. These have also been examined in the search for alternate sources of energy-generation. For example, graviRead More…
Biogas and Biogas Plant
Biogas is a mixture of 56% methane gas (CH4), 40% carbon dioxide (C02) and rest, a mixture of H2, H2S and N2. It is produced by digestion, PyrolyRead More…
Biomass Energy and its implications
The dry weight of organic matter produced by plants, their derivatives and wastes are called as BIOMASS. The biomass includes crop residues, plant paRead More…
Technology and technological activities
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry, is called as technology. The term technology is a combinatRead More…
Quality of life Vs. Quality of environment
Growing economic activity i.e., production and consumption, requires larger inputs of energy and material, and generates larger quantities of waste bRead More…
Human environment interaction
Since the World War II, the life styles of human beings the world over have changed considerably. Now human beings are inclined on more and more consRead More…
Successions and Systems Resilience
The process through which the structure of a biological community evolves over time is called as Ecological Succession. There are two different tyRead More…