Category: Environment
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The Age of Water Bottles
Chemicals that interfere with the body’s regular hormonal messaging system are found to have their way in the food or drinks stored in reused plastic containers nowadays. Those water bottles which are found to be hanging in nearly everyone’s backpack nowadays are proved to be poisonous when reused, used for heating or freezing or left…
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The secret behind a word – TREE
They are time-honored, solemn and wise, They are noble, sacred and ancient, They reach the highest heavens and penetrate into the deepest secret of the Earth. They are the largest living beings on Earth. They are in communion with spiritual and the material. They guard our wealthy forests, holy and sanctified places not to be…
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Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Biotic vs Abiotic
Carbon sequestration and capture is the process of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and putting it into long-term storage. This method can largely reduce the carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. While some naturally occurring biological processes ensure the carrying out of carbon sequestration from the atmosphere on their own, it is also being…
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Antarctica- The Destroyer!
Yes, you read it right, Antarctica the inhabitable and the coldest continent would be the prime reason of destruction in few years. Would the scientist working there become insane and form a well flourished civilization and would they start a war? No, they are not world heavy weights but they would accomplish, destroying the Earth,…
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Himalayas- Heaven on Earth
‘Abode of Snow’ , The King of all Mountains, the Majestic and Gigantic Himalayas, the Highest Mountain Range in the World with spanning thousands of miles and far- reaching mountain peaks and ranges holds within itself an exceptionally diverse and rich ecology. From Coniferous forests to subtropical forests, Wetlands to Montane grasslands are as much…
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ORGANISM AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
ORGANISMS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS Imagine yourself on a nature exploration trip to a place with pristine beauty. To preserve the memory of your trip, while taking the photographs you may also like to note down the names of the organisms familiar to you, and make sketches of the unfamiliar ones. While going through this exercise,…
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Is global warming actually slowing down?
The hottest topics of debate in the world scientific community of late have always seem to revolve around the issue of global warming. With one side emphasizing the ‘the doom is near’ scenario while the other accusing exaggerated predictions, we the general public are left baffled as to what to actually expect. And the popular…
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BE PREPARED !!
You might be thinking everyday as usual and we all are safe all the time!! It is not. We are always surrounded by various hazards and to protect ourselves we need to BE PREPARED. There is no country that is immune from disaster, though vulnerability to disaster varies. Anything can happen anytime! To protect ourselves…
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The manifold importance of environmental education
At a time when the environment is being destroyed in more ways than one and we ourselves are to blame for most of it, it is important to start acting on its regeneration. We have to get conscious and act for the preservation of our environment and ecosystem. Nowadays, various efforts are being carried out…
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Free as a Bird? Not really-Bird Trafficking
The blue coat and the thick layer of long feathers were almost radiating glory. I said ‘almost’ because, it was a rather sad sight. The pair of blue Brazilian macaws were stuffed in a cage half their body size and were jangling in the back of a truck while it made its way through the…