Before looking deeper into the loss of biodiversity and its impacts, let us first understand what biodiversity really means. Meaning (What is Biodiversity) Biodiversity refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth. It includes the number of plants, animals, and microorganisms from the Earth’s vastly different ecosystems such as coral reefs, grasslands, tundra, […]

Greenhouse gases are known for absorbing the infrared radiation from Sunlight and heating up the environment to unbearable limit for all the living beings. The majorly known gases causing greenhouse effect in the environment are Carbon Dioxide and Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Both these gases are already there in the environment and the human being are responsible […]

The layer of ozone helps prevents the harmful ultraviolet rays away from entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Ozone layer depletion over the years has resulted in ozone hole formation through which harmful radiations can now enter the atmosphere. Ozone layer depletion has many negative effects including cancer risks. These wavelengths can harm plants and animals and […]

During the primitive days, human beings used to discard their household waste such as trash, other worthless or defective items simply by digging a hole and burying them. This method was useful in those days because the population was relatively small, their needs were limited and they used to produce the waste on a small […]

The world has been facing the problem of waste disposal and the rapid industrial and technological development has only accentuated it. The increasing variety of waste has become one of the biggest challenges pertaining to environmental protection. In olden times, waste generated was generally organic in nature which would dissolve into the ground, but alongside […]

Organic Farming is the natural way of farming in which no chemicals are used either as fertilizers, or pesticides. Organic Farming is done using only natural manures like organic wastes, farm wastes, animal wastes, compost, etc. It basically aims at keeping the soil alive with maintaining the health of soil. Crop rotation, mixed cropping and […]

Any energy that is obtained from those resources which are replenished naturally is known as renewable energy. For example solar, wind power and hydro powers, etc. In the wake of fast depleting crude oil and coal – the two major sources of energy currently, the whole world is making efforts to tap renewable energy sources […]

Oceans cover more than two-third of the earth’s surface. They play a very important role in maintaining the biodiversity and providing livelihood for thousands of people. What is Ocean Acidification (Meaning) When carbon dioxide is absorbed by seawater certain chemical reactions occur that reduce pH – a figure expressing the acidity or alkalinity of a […]

Thrown by the public, plastic bags are one of the most commonly found garbage items on the sea beaches. Moreover, once they are used most of the plastic bags become litter and find their way into waterways and rivers to finally reach oceans. After entering the oceans, plastic bags ride on the currents of the […]

Meaning and Implications of Urbanization Urbanization has become very common in developing as well as developed countries. It is a process wherein general people migrate from rural to urban area in search of brighter social as well as economic feasibilities such as better education, good health care, proper sanitation, comfortable housing, immense business opportunities and […]