Hydrosphere
Hydrosphere: This is the sphere of water consisting of surface, ground and ocean water. Seventy-one % of the Earth’s surface is in water. Glaciers and...
Environmental Management
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Meaning of Environment
Meaning of Environment The dictionary meaning of the term environment is ‘surroundings’ – the region surrounding or circumstances in which anything exists, everything external to...
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Lithosphere
Lithosphere : The oceanic and the continental crust and the rigid upper portion of the mantle of the earth constitute the lithosphere. The economically useful...
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Effect of Ecological Imbalance on Land
Effect of Ecological Imbalance on Land Land pollution is the by-product of rapid and unplanned industrial progress and over population. The land is polluted with...
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Renewable And Non-Renewable Resources
Renewable And Non-Renewable Resources More commonly, natural resources are classified as Inexhaustible i.e. wind, tidal energy, precipitation, etc. and Exhaustible e.g. ground water,...
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Ecological Crisis
Environment is “the sum total of all conditions and influences that affect the development of life of organisms,” while ecology is “the overall study of...
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Effect of Ecological Imbalance on Air
Effect of Ecological Imbalance on Air: The industries, automobiles, forest fires and domestic combustion are the major sources of air pollution. The air pollutants discharged...
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Effect of Ecological Imbalance on water
Effect of Ecological Imbalance on water. A vitally important factor like water is also polluted because of various human activities. The main sources of water...
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Effect of Ecological Imbalance on food chains and webs
Effect of Ecological Imbalance on food chains and webs: The reduction in number of species at any food level in the ecosystem, due to migration,...
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Need For Environmental Studies
The urgent need to protect the environment, in order to maintain the quality of life, has now been identified globally. Environmental protection starts by creating...
