Tag: environment
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Acid Rain: Causes, Effects and Solutions
The term ‘acid rain’ can refer to any form of wet or dry precipitation that contains unusually high and thus dangerous amounts of acids such as sulfuric and nitric acids. It is generally formed because the large amounts of such substances present in the atmosphere – a little due to natural sources like volcanoes but…
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Keep your environment clean!
We are sometimes so caught up in our busy lives that we don’t bother about getting stranded in the middle of good-for-nothing junk. Awful litter seems to be strewn everywhere around our homes. Half-eaten edibles, waste paper and all other futile things move in and around our house with a prototypical rhythm. Yet, we neglect…
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Over Population – A Major Havoc in Future
A recent study by WWF shows us that the population has a major havoc on our planet. There are just too many people for the earth to carry and have an eye. The study also states that over population is the main cause in the reduction of biodiversity, pollution, natural resources, and food. At the current…
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Solar energy and the environment
We all have a basic idea about what solar energy is and why it is being increasingly acknowledged as the best source of conventional energy available. We know about it because we are aware of the fact that this type of energy if properly utilized will be very beneficial for the human race. But, have…
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What WWF is doing for the environment?
We all have heard of WWWs and WWEs! Right? WWF is not far behind. WWF short for World Wide Fund for Nature, is an international NGO which aims at ‘conservation, research and restoration’ of the environment. WWF is one of the largest conservation organizations, engaged in wildlife…
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How is greenhouse effect harmful?
Have you ever wondered why the climate keeps changing? What exactly makes you to think that it is effecting your nature for green living? Well, the answer to this question is greenhouse effects. First of all to start with what is greenhouse effects? Green House effects is the phenomenon in which gases are present. Some…
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Recycling : The codes and basics
Converting waste materials that are potentially useful into new products ,in order to reduce the energy usage , to prevent pollution ,to curb the release of greenhouse gases and also to prevent the waste disposal is called as recycling. The mantra ‘ Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ is indeed something that has acquired acute preponderance nowadays.…
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Composting-The Green Way
What is Composting? Composting can be defined as the biological decomposition and stabilization of organic substrates, under conditions which allow development of thermophilic temperatures as a result of biologically produced heat, leading to a final product which is stable for storage and provides nutrition to land without causing any adverse environmental effects. Simply putting, it…
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Saving the Earth One Hour at a Time
When someone talks about saving the Earth, it seems like a huge responsibility. The conversation tends to consist of some technical terms and definitions that may be out of grasp for most laymen. This only makes the achievement of such a noble and yet necessary initiative, seem even more impossible. It appears to be a…
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How Companies Can Contribute to Climate Control
There was a time that the most common occupation for people was farming. Every other occupation was related to its allied activities. With time, farming became a relatively less popular profession of choice. Modernization of equipments was another trend. With the advent of industrialization, a few decades back, industries were being set up at a…