Cuscuta is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world. It has great species diversity in subtropical and tropical regions of the world. It has many folk names like wizard net, devil’s hair, goldthread, hair weed, love wine; strangle weed, angel’s hair, and witch’s hair.
Human activities of pollution are modifying the natural process of green house effect. The advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s boosted up the activities of burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas which released lots of heat absorbing gases into the atmosphere.
With the growth of human population, more and more land was cleared for cultivation, housing and cattle rearing. Later, as towns and cities started developing, vast areas of land were started to be consumed in making roads, rail tracks, bridges, buildings, markets, trade centres, Educational and Research Centres, hospitals, railway junctions, etc.
Natural habitats support a variety of living organisms, some of which endemic to one particular habitat.
In a human being the ingestion of food is brought about in mouth where it is crushed into fine pieces by teeth.
Yes, 24th January is the memory day of Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha. He was died in a plane accident. Though it was an accident people have different opinions about it. He is called as the Father of India’s Atomic Programme. It is accepted that India would have been a country of Atomic Power if Dr. Bhabha had lived the accident. His death was considered as suspicious
The comfortable life style has reduced mobility of men, women, and children. The lock down during COVID-19 period has restricted human movement up to greater extent. Under these conditions arthritis may become a reason behind problems of joints.
Mode of nutrition through which an organism depends on other organisms for food due to its inability to synthesise food is called as heterotrophic nutrition.
It is due to frequent oil spills that sea otters, many sea birds, whales and many other species of the marine environment have become endangered. The oil spill damages fisheries and Mari culture, and causes serious economic losses to the local public and the governments.
The conservation of environment implies the sustainable use as well as management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and soils of the earth.
Abrupt changes in environment often do not give time to an organism to get ready and to face the challenges. As such the organism can survive only when it has sufficient abilities to tolerate these changes.
The acid rain affects living and non- living components of environment. In July 1982, Stockholm- the venue of U N –conference on acid rain, suffered heavy acid showers for about a week. In India too, acid rains have been reported since last twenty years in areas where thermal power plants are located and also around Delhi, the capital of India.
