Coral Bleaching Coral reefs deliver ecosystem services to tourism‚ fisheries and shoreline protection and often called “rainforests of the sea”. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals‚ which in turn consist of polyps that cluster in groups. Coral reefs grow best in warm‚ shallow‚ clear‚ sunny and agitated waters. However‚ coral reefs are fragile ecosystems‚ partly because they are very sensitive to water temperature. They are under threat from climate change‚ oceanic acidification‚ blast
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Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight‚ wind‚ rain‚ tides‚ waves and geothermal heat. Renewable energy replaces conventional fuels in four distinct areas: electricity generation‚ hot water/space heating‚ motor fuels‚ and rural (off-grid) energy services. About 16% of global final energy consumption presently comes from renewable resources‚ with 10% of all energy from traditional biomass‚ mainly
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Renewable Energy INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND Renewable energy is a new concept to some people but in actuality it has been around and talked about for many years. What it is is energy that comes from a source that is not depleted when used‚ and can be replenished. Some of these sources are wind‚ rain and sunlight. Renewable energy can replace the common standard fuels humans use in the generation of electricity‚ hot water and heating‚ and motor fuels (“How Solar Energy Works
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Paper Presented on Renewable Energy Sources – Policies of India Author- Rucha Korhale BE-Instrumentation Lecturer‚ VPM’s Polytechnic‚ Thane 1 Renewable Energy Sources – Policies of India Abstract:In today’s date‚ India is a large consumer of fossil fuel such as coal‚ crude oil etc. The rapid increase in use of Non renewable energies such as fossil fuel‚ oil‚ natural gas has created problems of demand & supply. Because of which‚ the future of Non renewable energies is becoming uncertain
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Renewable energy is energy from natural resources such as sunlight‚ wind‚ rain‚ tides‚ and geothermal heat‚ these resources are naturally replenished. Renewable energy does not harm the environment or deplete any of our natural resources like fossil fuel. Renewable energy is not subject to sharp price changes because it comes from natural resources. Biomass is currently the largest U.S. renewable energy source with more than two hundred existing bio power plants providing energy for one point five
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Renewable energy is the need of the hour It is the year 2050‚ Earth is so polluted‚ vision is obscured by smog‚ lakes and streams are poisoned. Oh! What a terrible sight. This may become a reality‚ if we keep using non-renewable energy resources. Hello there! A very good morning and I am Pranav Athreya and you have guessed it right‚ I am speaking for the topic Renewable energy is the need of the hour. At present‚ the main energy sources used are non-renewable fossil fuels like coal‚ petroleum‚ and
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types‚ “renewable” and “nonrenewable” energy sources‚ they both differ in many aspects‚ both of them have advantages and disadvantages‚ and both of them can be generated by many different ways. Renewable energy sources can be found in nature all around us‚ we can generate this energy from sun‚ water sources‚ and wind. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)‚a DOE national laboratory ‚defined renewable power “Renewable energy systems use resources that are
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RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY A SEMINAR REPORT Submitted by Mr. SWARN SINGH In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY IN MACHINE DESIGN AT PTU REGIONAL CENTRE BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE FATEHGARH SAHIB DEC 2011 ABSTRACT The study of renewable energy sources is an important topic in the field of the combustion science. Fuels obtained from biomasses could become a valid alternative to the use of fossil fuels‚ also in the light of
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The name “Tubbataha” comes from the Samal language meaning “long reef exposed at low tide”. Before Tubbataha became well known‚ the Samal – seafaring people of the southern Philippines – would visit the reefs intermittently‚ according to their nomadic lifestyle. However the people more tightly bound to Tubbataha are Cagayanons‚ inhabitants of the neighbouring islands of Cagayancillo. Traditionally‚ during the summer months when the sea was calm‚ they would sail in their native pangko‚ to visit the
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surface. Coral reefs only cover 1% of the ocean floor‚ yet they hold more than 25% of all marine life. They are considered the forests of the seas and are very important. But human activities have greatly impacted on coral reefs around the world. They must be used sustainably and taken care of so that our children and their children after them can use and enjoy them. Coral Reefs are important‚ not just to the environment‚ but to humans as well. Currently‚ around 500 million people rely on coral reefs
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