article the author examines several forms of pollution and ecological degradation such as: * Agriculture: We know that chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides has helped us and benefits in a lot of ways‚ but at the same time they are really hard on the environment. The global agricultural-food system is characterized by severe ecological problems and social inequalities. Some examples are: waterways and foods‚ soil degradation‚ chemical pollution in land‚ human health impacts and risks‚ and many
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Nikhil1‚ Verma Deepa2‚ Gavankar Rohan1 and Bhalerao Satish3 1 Department of Biotechnology‚ Viva College‚ Virar (W)‚ Maharashtra‚ INDIA 2 Department of Botany‚ Viva College‚ Virar (w)‚ Maharashtra‚ INDIA 3 Department of Botany‚ Wilson College‚ Mumbai‚ Maharashtra‚ INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in Received 30th November 2012‚ revised 12th January 2013‚ accepted 25th January 2013 Abstract The rate of biodegradation of diesel engine oil by microorganisms isolated from garage soil (petroleum
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The environmental challenges facing industrial companies and governments throughout the world are numerous and complex. Most governments and industrial companies now clearly realize and embrace the paradigm that environmental issues are intertwined with social/ cultural and socioeconomic issues.whereas Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of growth in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also
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rarely care for the old ones’ there‚ albiet we do‚ but nowadays people are getting busy and they are adopting the means of keeping their old parents in Old Age Home‚ which is not our culture Conclusion * Adopting the wetern culture is not a problem but one should be very carefull whatever they are adopting is good or bad as per the current social standars * Just copying western culture wont work .We should find out the pitfalls of our culture and try to reomve them like dowery etc *
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Environmental issues are harmful effects of human activitity on the biophysical environment. Environmentalism‚ a socialand environmental movement that started in the 1960s‚ addresses environmental issues through advocacy‚ education and activism. The carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere has already exceeded 400 parts per million (NOAA) (with total "long-term" GHG exceeding 455 parts per million). (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report) This level is considered
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Environmental Fundamentals Laura Jackson Env/100 April 8‚ 2013 JOHN ENSWORTH Environmental Fundamentals Introduction Environmental science is defined as the study of the environment and the interconnecting systems it contains‚ furthermore‚ the way people interact with their natural surroundings and use natural resources (wise geek‚ 2013). Scientist in this field is highly interdisciplinary and extremely diverse‚ for example‚ a scientist might study volcanoes or climate change. This essay
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started to adopt environmental accounting. What is environmental accounting? Should it be made mandatory? Does environmental accounting help the environment in any way? Give specific examples of how environmental accounting has benefited the environment. ------------------------------------------------- Introduction : The developing countries like India are facing the twin problem of protecting the environment and promoting economic development. A trade-off between environmental protection and
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distribution network with embedded wind energy conversion system (WECS) represent main concern of this paper. The WECS is of a fixed speed/constant frequency type that is equipped with an induction generator driven by an unregulated wind turbine. The problem is viewed from short term (10 seconds) and mid-term (10 minutes) time domain responses of the system to different wind speed changes. Being disturbed by a variable wind speed‚ the WECS injects variable active and reactive power into the distribution
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Set No - 1 Subject Code: R13106/R13 I B. Tech I Semester Regular Examinations Feb./Mar. - 2014 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (Common to CE‚ ME‚ CSE‚ PCE‚ IT‚ Chem E‚ Aero E‚ AME‚ Min E‚ PE‚ Metal E) Max. Marks: 70 Question Paper Consists of Part-A and Part-B Answering the question in Part-A is Compulsory‚ Three Questions should be answered from Part-B ***** What are the causes of floods and droughts? What are ecological pyramids? Write about different types of pyramids Write about different values of
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Academic Council 25/05/2011 Item No. 4.59 UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI Syllabus for the F.Y.B.Sc. Program: B.Sc. Course : Zoology (Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effect from the academic year 2011–2012) 1 F.Y.B.Sc. Zoology Syllabus Restructured for Credit Based and Grading System To be implemented from the Academic year 2010-2011 SEMESTER I Course Code UNIT I USZO101 II III I USZO102 II III USZO P1 TOPICS Diversity of Animal Kingdom I Life processes I Ecology Molecular basis of life
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