Archive | Environmental Studies

Soil conservation means the use and preservation of the natural resources of earth and their protection from destructive influences misuse, decay, fire, or waste. The chief causes of soil erosion are water and wind.

Hydroelectric energy or water energy is the renewable energy and the energy sources are obtained from water flow, falling from water flow falling from a height.

Energy is the source of life on earth and fossil fuels like petroleum natural gas and coal helps in the present need of energy.

Non-renewable Resources of energy and physical resources like Coal, Petroleum and gas. Being’ organic in nature and remaining as fossils known as fossil fuels. Such non-renewable sources of energy has boo. Impacts on man’s life.

Biological Magnification is the phenomenon of increase in concentration of pollutant per unit weight of organism with the rise in tropic terms.

This article contains five important causes of global warming. The temperature of the earth increase due to increases use of, composition of fossil fuel which releases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

This article describes the meaning, types and aims of wastewater treatment.  Water pollution is caused by domestic sewage and industrial sewage. The term sullage is applied to waste water which does not contain human excreta.

The 70 percent of earth’s surface is covered by oceans, as 3 percent of fresh water and ¾ as frozen. The world is facing water shortage and other water resource problems.

Eutrophication thus denotes the enrichment of lakes and reservoirs by input of inorganic and organic nutrients under natural condition it may occur very slowly.

The preservation of species in its natural habitat is called in-situ conservation ex-situ conservation refers to the conservation of species in suitable locations outside the natural habitat.

This article describes population explosion, causes of rapid growth of population and its remedial measures. The term population explosion means rapid growth in population which affects the economic growth and progress of the per capita income of the people.

The term population explosion means the rapid increase in population which Outstrip the growth of national income and retards the per capita income.

Forest conservation is essential for maintenance of essential ecological processes and life supporting systems.

In recent years so may grass root environmental movements launched against the developmental activities that have threatened the ecological balance.

This article is about the causes of water polution, its sources, health hazards and methods we can use to control the water pollution.

Global sustainable development requires a stabilized world population living in a secure social and physical environment. These requirements are being badly hit by engineering, technological and scientific practices such as over fertilizing the land, harvesting old grown forests, avoiding pollution controls etc.