The Ecotrends

October 2, 2022

Legal Regimes for Sustainable Development

Modern development has caused a number of environmental problems at local, regional, national and international levels. Global Climate Change, depletion of ozone layer, increasing inequality, reduction in the means of livelihood for poor, scarcity of food, increasing number of disasters, extinction of species, falling underground water table etc. are some of the major environmental problems created by modern unsustainable development. These problems are challenging the existence of human race on this planet.

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January 10, 2022 Recommended

Loss of Energy in the Food –Chain

About 1000J radiant energy comes to the earth from the sun. Out of this, only 10% of the total energy is used up by green plants in the process of Photosynthesis. Remaining 990J of energy escapes away into the atmosphere. 10J of energy is stored in the form of chemical energy in starch and sugars.

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April 12, 2021 Recommended

A Hybrid Green House Vegetable Dryer to be Patented Soon

A Hybrid Green House dryer has been developed by Manoj Gaur, a professor at the department of Mechanical Engineering, Madhav Institute of Technology and Sciences Gwalior.

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May 17, 2022 Recommended

Gul Mohar Tree

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January 21, 2021 Recommended

Terrestrial Ecosystems and Their Components

The biosphere is itself a vast ecosystem which incorporates all the small ecosystems. But, the biosphere may have different types of physical conditions, communities of plants and animals, and climatic conditions in its different zones.

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October 11, 2024 Recommended

Biodiversity, Its Concept, Values, Loss, and Causes of Loss

An association of all the plants at a particular place is called a Plant Community and the association of all the animals at the same place is called an Animal Community. Both the plant and animal communities inhabit a particular place living completely merged and interacting among them. Members of a community not only interact with the members of other communities, they interact with the members of their community and with the physical environment around them, as well.

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December 26, 2020 Recommended

Importance of Water Caltrop – Trapa nutans

Singhara is known as the Water Caltrop in English. In Botany it is known as Trapa nutans. Its other two species are Trapa bicornis, and Trapa rossica. The later is an endangered species.

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December 28, 2024 Recommended

Land Pollution -Sources and Prevention

Some environmentalists define land pollution as – build up of toxic chemical compounds, salts, pathogens or radioactive materials in soil that can affect plant and animal life adversely, is called as soil pollution.

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December 22, 2022 Recommended

Adapting to the environment

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.

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May 15, 2022 Recommended

Amazing world of animals

The term animal has its origin from the Latin word animalis which means one who has breath. This word is usually applied for the non-human members of the Kingdom Animalia in animal taxonomy. However, the closer relatives of humans like mammals (having mammary glands) have been included in this term.

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May 14, 2022 Recommended

Importance of forests and Wildlife

Forests and wildlife are integral part of environment. Forests control climate, soil erosion and wildlife. They cause rains.

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December 25, 2021 Recommended

Relations among components of ecosystem and Food Chains

Green plants and trees that synthesize their own food are called as Autotrophs.Others who depend on them are called as Heterotrophs.

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