Category: Resources
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Global Warming: The World On Fire!
GLOBAL WARMING: THE WORLD ON FIRE! As the name suggest global warming in simple words refers to the increase in temperatures resulting in heating of the globe. But let us give you a better and broader definition of global warming: “Global warming refers to an unequivocal and continuing rise in the average temperature of Earth’s…
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Say No to Leather
As you enjoy a happy time with your family, there are others too who are born with similar social instincts and they too crave their mother’s warmth or father’s protection. They too like us are social animals and live in groups. In fact elephants are believed to have feelings just like the humans and are…
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Water Scarcity: The Scare.
Water Scarcity: The Scare. Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region. It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year. More than 1.2 billion people lack access to clean drinking…
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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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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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Fuel Efficient Cars – Cons and Pros.
+ In today’s modern world, every one likes and loves modern technologybased gadgets and stuffs. Cars are one of the most wanted stuffs, intoday’s world. Cars are of many types and on many basis, but here dowe only concentrate on fuel efficient cars. But before directly movingon to the fuel efficient cars, let me give…