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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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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February 12, 2021 Recommended

Jharkhand to Become a Progressive State in Cattle Farming

Jharkhand state of India has already been self sufficient in the area of Pisciculture. Now, the farmers of the state are working to make the state more progressive in the area of animal husbandry and to set new records for the state.

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December 12, 2020 Recommended

Hands on Experiments- the Best Way to Learn

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August 30, 2021 Recommended

MCQ on Work as play for CTET

Objective questions for JTET and CTET

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August 17, 2022 Recommended

People’s Movements to protect forests

There have been a number of environmental movements in India through which people have been protesting for conservation of forests and other natural resources. Here some important People’s Movements have been introduced in brief.

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September 13, 2022 Recommended

Pollution of atmosphere

The condition produced due to ‘substances put into air by the activity of mankind into concentration sufficient to cause harmful effects to his health, vegetables, property or to interfere with the enjoyment of his property’ is called as air pollution or the atmospheric pollution

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August 20, 2022 Recommended

Energy from Oceans- Tidal Energy, Wave Energy and Oceanic Thermal Energy

Ocean is a vast natural resource of water. These have also been examined in the search for alternate sources of energy-generation. For example, gravitational pull, by sun and moon causes tides, in which sea level rises and falls, two times in 24 hours. When it rises, sea water may be diverted through suitable channels, to inshore reservoirs driving the turbines, during its entry.

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March 27, 2021 Recommended

KHEKSA- The Divine Vegetable

Kheksa is taxonomically known as Momordica dioica. It is commonly known as Kheksa, Spiny gourd, bristly Balsam pear, and Prickly carolaho, Kantola etc. It belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae.

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March 6, 2022 Recommended

Restrictions on Play- Some Gender Issues II

In early society, girls were restricted from play. They were restricted inside homes. But, now it is considered that Play is fundamental to children’s happiness and well-being, and the evidence shows that it is also influential in their health and processes of future life developments.

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October 14, 2022 Recommended

Post Stockholm Developments

Environment and its components like wildlife and Natural Resources constitute the vital life support system for all life on this planet. The protection of these through the cumulative efforts of the world community started across globe due to the persistent efforts of the United Nations through its Environmental Programme (UNEP).

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July 12, 2021 Recommended

Reflex Action and Reflex Arc

Human actions are both voluntary and involuntary.

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