Coastal and Marine Degradation Coastal degradation Many beaches around the world are polluted by industrial and household waste. Rubbish of all kinds such as plastic bags‚ drink cans and bottles end up on the beaches. Many factories have been built along the coast so that they can dump their waste straight into the ocean. (http://www.skwirk.com) Causes and Effects of Coastal Degradation (http://wwf.panda.org) 1. Excess amount of sediments -many large rivers along the coast of the ecoregion
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Environmental degradation DEFINITION: Environmental degradation may be defined as the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air‚ water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife. Environmental degradation has occurred due to the recent activities in the field of socio-economic‚ institutional and technologies. Environmental changes are dependent on many factors including economic growth‚ population growth‚ urbanization‚ intensification
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Reflective :1 Environmental degradation Any type of activities which alters the systems of the environment and he disturbances caused to air‚water‚soil and the eco systems is known as environmental degradation. Its under the top ten threats in the united nations panel. Because of environmental degradation illness and premature deaths occur in large numbers. A report says that human health is deteriorating in the past decades. If improvements
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12/3/12 Final Reflection Reflection As an enrolled Rutgers EOF‚ we are the obligated to take the SAS class. In SAS‚ I learned many things that helped me get me through my first semester. For example‚ I learned to manage my time with the Time Management Worksheet. The Time Management Worksheet is an outline of the week divided in an hourly basis and we have to fill out what we doo in each hour of the day. This taught me how to be more organized‚ so I could manage and find time to do other
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Degradation of the American Dream The United States of America is a country in which success and happiness are its primary ideals that it was built around. It offers its inhabitants an opportunity to pursue and achieve success through hard work‚ effort‚ and dedication‚ people call this the American dream. However‚ the American dream is being degraded. The reason is because of the American people who the country swore to protect and support abuse the system ’s help for their personal wants. The American
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known as environmental degradation. Natural happenings like heavy rain‚ floods‚ storms‚ earthquakes‚ volcanoes etc. are not under human control and they play havoc with environment time to time by making the land unfit lor cultivation. Here man is helpless. He can do nothing except to see the havoc. But when man himself plays a vital role in degrading the environment in which he lives‚ and then the problem becomes more serious. Needless to say that environmental degradation is one of the major
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Soil degradation refers to the decline in quantity and quality of soil. Degradation of soil is done by erosion (wind and water)‚ biological degradation‚ physical degradation (referring to the over loss of structure and changes in permeability) and chemical degradation‚ this refers to acidification‚ declining fertility‚ changes in pH levels‚ salinization and chemical toxicity. Soil degradation affects not only the environment but also the economy as well as people. The effect that soil degradation
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essential for man for growing crops‚ fodder and limber. Once the fertile portion of the earth’s surface is lost‚ it is very difficult to replace it. In India‚ the destruction of the top-soil has already reached an alarming proportion. Land degradation problems have resulted in increasing depletion of the productivity of the basic land stock through nutrient deficiencies. In addition to the direct loss of crop producing capacity‚ soil erosion increases the destructiveness of floods and decreases
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INTRODUCTION 2007 ISO radioactivity danger logo Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology‚ such as research and medicine. Radioactive waste is hazardous to most forms of life and the environment‚ and is regulated by government agencies in order to protect human health and the environment. Radioactivity diminishes over time‚ so waste is
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JOB SATISFACTION AMONG ACADEMICS Mrs. Smita Mishra* Mrs. Deepali Choudhary** * Mrs. Smita Mishra is Lecturer‚ Vindhya Institute of Technology and Science‚Indore. Ph: 09770226770. e-mail: msmita20@gmail.com ** Mrs. Deepali Choudhary is Senior Lecturer‚ Vindhya Institute of Technology and Science‚Indore. Ph: 09826445013. e-mail: deepali_choudhary@rediffmail.com JOB SATISFACTION AS A CORELATE FOR JOB PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES ABSTRACT This paper focuses on
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