The Wise Owl: Let’s Protect Owl
Most of us have seen owls in our surroundings. Owls are hard to be seen in natural settings because they usually remain active during nights only.
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Human Reproductive Health
The physical and mental conditions that collectively affect the reproductive capacity of a male or a female are called as reproductive health. The reproductive health is most essential for reproduction.
Sustainable Agriculture as Meant in the Indian Agricultural Policy
According to the Policy Document of Indian Agriculture Policy, Agriculture in India is a way of life, a tradition, which,…
Impulses and their conduction
The information received by a receptor at the end of a dendrite sets of a chemical reaction that creates an electric impulse.
The Forest- People and Their Forests in India
Innumerable tribal people live in forests. Most of these are scheduled tribes. They depend on forests for their livelihood.
Environment and Environmental Science
As environment is common heritage and property of all nations of the world, the science of environment should also combine relevant matter so as to promote the value and necessities of local, national and international co-operation in the prevention and solution of environmental problems across the globe.
Adoption of Zero Deforestation Policies by corporations and markets
It is said that corporations can destroy the world’s intact forests. They have also the Power to help save them. They can make an impact by introducing zero- deforestation policies. These policies require suppliers to produce commodities such as timber, beef, palm oil, and fibres for paper in such a way that has a minimal impact on natural forests and climate. These can also introduce paper procurement policies that set ambitious targets to maximise the use of post-consumer recycled wood, pulp, paper and fibre in their products and ensure that any virgin fibre used is certified by a rigorous third-party certification system.
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.
Flow of Nutrients in Ecosystem
The flow of nutrients in ecosystem takes place in cyclic pathways through food chains, food webs and bio-geo-chemical cycles. Food…
Pollution and its various Types
Our natural resources are known to have some specific qualities of their own. These qualities are known as natural qualities. It is due to specific natural qualities that different natural resources have been useful to us and to the whole biosphere. But now, the condition has changed considerably.
Genetic Diversity Erosion: Causes and Impacts
Different types of plants and animals have been blessed with peculiar and important merits. These merits are expressed in plants and animals due to specific genes found in them.
