The Ecotrends

August 28, 2024

What is Ozone layer? How is it depleted and what are the control measures?

Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiations so that much of it is never allowed to reach to the earth surface. The protective umbrella of ozone layer in the stratosphere protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiations. Ozone plays an important role in the biology and climatology on the earth’s environment. It filters out all the radiations that remain below 3000Å. Radiations below this wavelength are biologically harmful. Hence any depletion of ozone layer is sure to exert catastrophic impacts on life in the biosphere.

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March 10, 2025 Recommended

Monoculture and its impact on the Environment

Growing a single crop species over a large area or farm is called intensive farming or monoculture. Earlier practices of mixed cropping caused problems in crop management, like harvesting, etc. Uniformity in plant height adds beauty to our fields and makes the application of agrochemicals easy. It also saves time and energy in segregating grains in threshing.

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August 3, 2022 Recommended

Technology and technological activities

The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry, is called as technology.

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May 21, 2022 Recommended

Plants and their Different Parts

Living organisms capable of synthesizing food on their own are called as plants. They contain chlorophyll, the green magnesium compound which helps in trapping the energy from sun. This energy runs the process of photosynthesis through which glucose is basically synthesized in leaves and green stems on combining together the atmospheric carbon dioxide and water.

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April 11, 2023 Recommended

Overpopulation and its impact

A group of individuals of a particular species occupying a particular area at specific time is called as population. A species is a group of similar type of organisms that can interbreed under natural conditions. The interbreeding organisms of a species produce new organisms and finally result into the growth of population. This is true for all the life forms including human beings.

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October 7, 2024 Recommended

Causes and Impacts of Genetic Erosion

In the modern age of industrialization and competition for development, the human race has badly missed its traditions up to major extents and cultures- up to some extent.

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March 14, 2021 Recommended

Woo Back Lovely Sparrows to Our Homes

Sparrow or the House Sparrow taxonomically belongs to the family Passeridae. It is found in most parts of the world.

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June 26, 2022 Recommended

Grow Banyan and Tamarind for a better environment

Both the banyan and tamarind trees have large canopy and plenty of leaves. These produce lots of oxygen and absorb lots of carbon dioxide. Thus, besides numerous other benefits they keep up the balance of environment.

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November 25, 2020 Recommended

The Mistake You Should Never Do in Future Life…

Many squirrels had made nests in upper portions of offices by depositing huge balls of wool like materials between the rows of files and old registers. Many times and many men spotted some or the other squirrel coming to the rows of files and registers placed there since many-many years. But since squirrels usually don’t destroy papers, as I think, nobody ever tried to disturb them.

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July 5, 2021 Recommended

Grow Salai Trees for Health and Economic Growth

Salai tree or the Boswellia is the tree of economic and medicinal importance.

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January 29, 2021 Recommended

Animal Husbandry and Milch Cattle

We rear and take care of animals to take their support in food production. Their systematic and proper rearing and also the arrangement for their proper reproduction and management are called as Animal Husbandry.

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May 22, 2021 Recommended

Rugda- A Nutrient Packed Vegetable

Rugda or the Lycoperdon or Calvatia or Geastrum is a round ball mushroom mainly indigenous to Jharkhand state of India.

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