Category: Resources
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Ozone Depletion: Alert!
OZONE DEPLETION: ALERT! The ozone layer refers to a region of Earth’s stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun’s UV radiation. It contains high concentrations of ozone (O3) relative to other parts of the atmosphere, although it is still very small relative to other gases in the stratosphere. Ozone layer depletion refers to the decline…
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Tidal Energy – Pros and Cons
There are many posts on this website, and many others stressing the use of renewable energy. But the point is, When you can so easily extract energy out of fossil fuels, then why fuss so much about the renewable sources of energy? When your car runs very well on the petrol or gas, then why…
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Hydraulic Fracturing
Natural gas plays a key role in any country’s energy resources and signifies the economic prosperity of the country. It also plays an important role in enhancing country’s clean energy prospects. But, when the natural gas is extracted at the cost of degradation of the environment and creating health hazards, to what level is it…
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Acid Mine Drainage:The River of Destruction
As the industrial revolution surges forwards and the technological innovation continues.There is an increasing demand for raw materials such as iron,copper etc.These are mainly obtained from mining.Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth from an ore body, lode or seam which forms the mineralized package of economic interest…
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Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright…
Even though I’m not a man of poems, or a literature nut, I have to say, William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ I will always remember. For some inexplicable reason, it has been branded into my brain, ever since I learned it in school. Its verses have not left my mind, even after 7 years, and today…
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Are our Villages Ready to be Globalized?
It is high time that we are heading towards a world of globalization and materialism. Capitalism seems to have taken over everything else. Internet and Insustrialization are commanding people’s life styles all over the world. While accelerating in its primary methods of production i.e agricultural practices, India has been quite fast in adapting itself to…
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My Water, your Water
He goes about wasting water, buckets after buckets. He thinks that the entire responsibility to clean the staircase and the world is on his shoulders. He would clean his car by pouring water from the top of his terrace. He would keep the entire world clean (except himself). He believes that he owns all the…
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Reforestation for Better Tomorrow.
Don’t you think it’s really hot outside? Sharp sun rays stroking on your windows panes! Everywhere dry warm air following and you are even trembling to go outside your home at noon but you cannot. It is the result of concrete jungle you are living in. The beginning of new technology just not brought but…
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10 Quick Ways to Save Resources
Conserving natural resources not only saves money but also valuable resources. Here are some valuable tips to save the Earth as well as the human race. 1. Save trees, use less Paper – To satisfy the world’s need for paper, every year 4 million trees are slaughtered. Both money and trees can be saved from…
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The Ingenious Practice of Crop Rotation
The phenomenon of growing more than one type of crop on a single piece of land in chronological seasons is called crop rotation. This tactic has been employed by farmers for many years to preserve the fertility of the soil as well as to yield good produce all year round. The early traces of crop…