Month: April 2014
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Mobile Phones and Cancer: Are They Linked?
If you have no clue so as to what radiation is, the let me do the initial bit of explaining. It is the energy that is traveling through space and it takes a form of waves or particles and it has been around forever, only we have learned to deal with it by virtue of…
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Human Evolution and Population Growth.
HUMAN EVOLUTION AND POPULATION GROWTH. As we all know, the root cause for environmental degradation may be traced to human activities. You all may also understand that the environmental degradation has not occurred overnight, but has grown with this growing population and the progress of civilization. So, in this article, we will discuss about the…
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Water Scarcity: A Short Story
We have grown up with the notion of wastage of natural resources like water, air, land etc. in ways that can only be termed as destruction of earth’s storehouse of energy. Earth’s resources do not make up a handful of property and is a matter of countries, oceans, continents etc. and you will be…
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Mining: Why a Threat?
What is mining? Mining is the extraction of valuable materials, extraction of metal from the surface and below the earth from an ore body, lode, vein, stem or reef which has an economic impact for the miner. It is also the extraction of non-renewable resources such as crude oil, petroleum, etc. The…
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WANTED! Organic Green Revolution
Green revolution that happened in India in the 1960s involved high yielding seeds of wheat, rice and maize; fertilizers, pesticides; machines and irrigation technology. But overuse of these same chemicals has exhausted soil’s productive capacity, too much use of fertilizers has had adverse environmental effects. Thus to feed the world and to restore ecological health…
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ACID RAIN: A DEATH CALL?
ACID RAIN: A DEATH CALL. Acid rain refers to rain, or any form of precipitation that is acidic in nature, which means it contains hazardous compounds and causes a low pH leve (contains elevated levels of hydrogen ions). Acid rain has harmful effects on plants, animals and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of…
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Harming Animals: Harming Environment: Harming Ourselves
The nature has this wonderful systematic structural way of working. How every being on earth is dependent on the other and these is this perfect ecosystem in place. However, we myopic humans, who tend to believe that we are the masters of the nature are constantly working towards damaging this structure without realizing that it…
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Homemade Eco-Friendly Items that Make Great Gifts
Buying a present for a loved one is not always an easy job to do. You spend hours to find that perfect gift. Be it an anniversary, a birthday or a wedding, gifts are indispensable in all of them. You tend to spend loads of money on a present, but have you ever given a…
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Cloud Seeding: The Tech Induced rain
Cloud Seeding is relatively old yet not fully exploited means of weather modification.It attempts to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds,by releasing into the air,substances that serve as cloud condensation.This alters the micro-physical processes within the cloud.The usual intention is to increase precipitation in the area.Other weather modifications are hail…
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Plastic Pollution: What are We Looking at?
We have plastic bottles, plastic bags, plastic packets, plastic jars, plastic mugs, plastic buckets, plastic toys, plastic gadgets, plastic equipments, plastic jewellery, plastic containers, plastic utensils, plastic glasses, plastic plates, plastic cups, plastic chairs, plastic tables, plastic pipes, plastic artworks and a number of other plastic products to assure us that plastic is not to…