Earth Day is an extremely important day when it comes to environment related days. It is celebrated every year on 22nd April [What is Earth Day And Why We Celebrate It?]. It is a day when majority of the people feel more connected to this beautiful planet that we call earth, and also more concerned […]
Climate change and its Causes and Effects
INTRODUCTION Climate Change: Climate change is a complex phenomenon that is defined as long term changes in global or regional weather patterns that also includes large scale variations in global, regional and local climate pattern of the Earth. Also check out: How Much Time Earth Has Before Climate Change Destroys it? WHAT ARE CAUSES OF […]
Soil and Water Sampling Techniques
INTRODUCTION SOIL SAMPLING It is defined as the process of taking soil in a certain portion to perform testing. Soil sampling is performed to test or analyze soil quality that includes a wide range of soil areas. There are many reasons for performing soil analysis. Soil sampling is conducted to determine the soil health, availability […]
10 Easy and Practical Ways to Help Save the Environment
Environment is everything that surrounds us and everything that surrounds us is unfortunately very polluted nowadays, thanks to us humans and our activities. However, not all of us want to contribute the insane amounts of pollution into our surroundings and some of us want to become environmentally conscious and responsible citizens of this world as […]
15 Easy and Practical Ways to Reduce Food Waste
According to UNEP around 33% of the food produced annually is wasted or lost, which makes up around a mind-boggling 1.3 BILLION tons of food! That is more than enough to solve the issue of world hunger but unfortunately that amount of food is lost or wasted. It’s too bizarre a concept that a world […]
How Can We Make Our Cities Sustainable (An Eco-City)?
INTRODUCTION Sustainability: In today’s era, it is defined as the capability of human civilization and Earth’s biosphere to occur together. It is also described as the capability of fulfilling the demands of the current time without constraining the capability of the upcoming generation to meet their demand in the future. Three Pillars of Sustainability: Sustainability […]
Renewable Alternative Energy Resources – Advantages and Disadvantages
INTRODUCTION Renewable Sources: These are naturally occurring resources that get replenished over time. Examples are geothermal heat, tides, precipitation, wind, sunlight, waves, etc. The energy that is produced from renewable natural resources is called renewable energy. It also involves energy that is produced from a renewable resource such as biomass. Non-Renewable Sources: These are natural […]
Conservation of Biodiversity – Importance and Methods
INTRODUCTION Biodiversity Conservation: It is defined as a particular way of protecting and managing biodiversity so as to get resources as a means to sustainable development. Read: Biodiversity Loss – Causes, Effects, and Solutions Objectives of Biodiversity Conservation: Conservation of biodiversity has three key objectives that are listed below. Its first objective is to protect […]
Ozone Depletion – Causes, Effects, and Solutions
INTRODUCTION Ozone Layer: The ozone layer is also known as the ozone shield. It is the layer that is present in the stratosphere of Earth. The stratosphere region is concentrated with ozone that absorbs harmful radiations coming from the sun. Check out: Environmental Impacts of Ozone Depletion due to CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons) Ozone hole: The ozone […]
Acid Rain – Causes, Effects, and Solutions
INTRODUCTION Acid Rain: It is defined as precipitation that has an acidic pH range. In simple terms, it can be described as a high level of hydrogen ions in the rain that makes it acidic. This type of rain is hazardous for aquatic life, plants, animals, infrastructure, etc. Check out: Air Pollution– Sources, Effects, and […]