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August 28, 2024 Recommended

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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February 15, 2025 Recommended

Modern Agriculture and Monoculture

More than half of the population of the world comprises farmers. These farmers know that maintaining and conserving natural resources are very important to sustain their lives. However, the demand of more and more food due to the exploding population and higher expectations for comfort and wealth enforces these farmers to exploit more and more of the natural resources through the application of modern technology. The agriculture based on the latest farm machinery, hybrid and high-yielding crop varieties and agrochemicals is called as modern agriculture. Under the changing trends of modern agriculture, the difficult situation of maintaining and conserving natural resources is being faced the world over in the agriculture sector.

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February 16, 2025 Recommended

Pesticides, their Types and Side Effects

A Pesticide is a chemical substance of natural or synthetic origin. It is applied in different forms to kill pests. Pests are living organisms that tend to harm humans, their crops and animals or have a tendency to disturb general household and living conditions. Some organisms can also be applied to kill pests. These organisms are called as biopesticides. On the other hand, pesticides that are synthesized in factories are called as synthetic pesticides.

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January 13, 2023 Recommended

Aquatic Eco-System  

Producers in running or Lotic type of ecosystem comprise species of algae, and plants that grow on embankments. Various varieties of molluscs, tadpoles, and insects are primary consumers whereas fish, crabs, and crustaceans are secondary consumers of this ecosystem. Numerous species of bacteria and few species of fungi act as decomposers in this ecosystem.

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December 4, 2020 Recommended

Governments Slow on Purchase of Rice

By this first week of December, paddy is coming home from fields in most of the states of India. In spite of claims of Government’s preparations on ground levels are still incomplete. Agencies have been reported to interfere in the process. They are pretending that they are unwilling to purchase rice due to more than 17% moisture in grains

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December 1, 2020 Recommended

The Grass Pollinators around us

We have many types of butterflies around us. These are good pollinators of crop plants and grass pollinators. Theecotrends lens has some images of these pollinators

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March 2, 2023 Recommended

Coarse grains to promote health

Coarse grains are broadly discussed these days. Now the world has come to know about their importance. Coarse grains have been contained in the Indian dishes since long. Now that the harmful effects of soft grains are known, the world has come to advocate the coarse grains.

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December 18, 2023 Recommended

Dynamics of Population

A population is a group of individuals (all members of a single species) who live together in the same habitat and are likely to interbreed. Each population has a unique physical distribution in time and space.  It may contain individuals of different ages, and its size (density) is likely to change over time. It grows or shrinks according to the reproductive success of its members.

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