What Is Soil Pollution? [pic] What Is Soil Pollution? Soil pollution results from the build up of contaminants‚ toxic compounds‚ radioactive materials‚ salts‚ chemicals and cancer-causing agents. The most common soil pollutants are hydrocarbons‚ heavy metals (cadmium‚ lead‚ chromium‚ copper‚ zinc‚ mercury and arsenic)‚ herbicides‚ pesticides‚ oils‚ tars‚ PCBs and dioxins. Until the 1970s‚ there was little talk of soil pollution and its devastating effects. In the 1980s‚ the U.S. Superfund was
Premium Pollution Soil contamination
As you go deeper into the never-ending forest the outside world closes. Not a house‚ a car or a person in sight‚ all alone in an enchanted forest. The trees stand together yet are still completely alone. They are like shadows‚ haunting one another. I looked up at the glistening‚ starry leaves‚ gleaming like raindrops. The sounds of the rattling of tiny plants‚ grass‚ and swirling leaves on the ground was almost completely silent‚ only the wind that made the whistling sounds among the bare trees was
Premium Tree Plant Sun
The Forest Once there was a small‚ undiscovered island deep inside the Pacific Ocean. A small community lived upon the beach coastline of the island. Family villages divided the community. No one in the community would dare enter the deep forest that covered the center of the island. It was rumored that the forest was home to vicious savages who ate anyone who was uninvited. Isaac was the younger brother of Martin. Their parents passed a few years after Isaac was born. Isaac‚ being six years younger
Premium Village Light
ISP NOTES INTO THE FOREST BY JEAN HEGLAND Setting- * Into the Forest is based in a world around this time. Electricity is non-existent‚ Civilization has vanished and the world is in a commotion. * Based on two sisters who live in a post-apocalyptic world. * This story takes place in California‚ near San Francisco in a town called Redwood and that isn ’t exactly an isolated part of the world. * Eva and Nell stay at their house which is in a forest. They have to go to the town which
Premium Food Margaret Atwood Food security
Ohene Akuoko 10/24/12 Soil and Environment Classification of Soil based on Sedimentation Rates Introduction Soil is a naturally occurring substance covering the upper level of Earth’s Continental Crust which sits upon Earth’s highest layer of geological area the lithosphere. Soil is actually nothing more but the remnants of the Earth’s Mountains and the life that has lived on this planet through the natural process of erosion and time on Earth. A good soil is said to be composed of 5 % organic
Premium Soil Sand Silt
Soil Management in Konkan Introduction to soil management Soil is non renewable natural resource which supports life on earth. It needs to be managed successfully to support sustainable development. It is growing in economic importance because of a broader environmental agenda. Poor soil management in many regions‚ including parts Konkan and western Maharashtra‚ has progressively degraded productive soils. This is putting our food security at risk in the context of a growing and increasingly
Premium Soil Agriculture
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE EROSION Jyoti Kumari Jyoti Kumari is a freelance researcher and doctoral candidate researching ‘Environmental History of Colonial Punjab’ at the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in New Delhi. The author can be contacted at jyotikm202@rediffmail.com he indigenous communities in India are the original inhabitants of the natural region and they have been maintaining a historical continuity with pre-industrial societies by following traditional patterns of life. Scattered all over the
Premium Ayurveda Alternative medicine Traditional medicine
Conservation Of Wild Life forests Protection and conservation of forests and wildlife are essential to maintain the earth’s health and environment. The earth is the only known living planet and it is because of its special environment and ecology which are life-supporting. Forests are part and parcel of our environment. They are one of the most valuable resources and gifts of nature. They play a key role in the maintenance climate‚ rain-patterns‚ water and soil conservation. They are the natural
Premium Biodiversity Species Wildlife
Dr. Buchanan-Hamilton in 1807. Laterites are soil types rich in iron and aluminium‚ formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are rusty-red because of iron oxides. They develop by intensive and long-lasting weathering of the underlying parent rock. Tropical weathering (laterization) is a prolonged process of chemical weathering which produces a wide variety in the thickness‚ grade‚ chemistry and ore mineralogy of the resulting soils. The majority of the land areas with laterites
Premium Aluminium Tropics Angkor Wat
The Forest - Creative Writing Essay For English - The Forest There’s a forest bordering the town that I live in. The adults refuse to go near it or talk of what lies within. From the time we consciously understand our parents teach us not to step foot in there because the “Unmentionable Monsters” will get you. Of course as kids with wild imaginations we made our own predictions about what it could be. The Boogie Man‚ Dracula‚ werewolves‚ ghosts‚ and all sorts of other ghouls came to mind. These
Premium