Cloud Seeding Vincent Schaefer an American chemist and meteorologist discovered the principle of cloud seeding in 1946. It is a type of weather modification technique that improves the ability of clouds to produce rain or snow by introducing tiny ice nuclei into certain types of subfreezing clouds. These nuclei provide Read more…
Carbon Sink Carbon sink is a natural or artificial reservoir that absorbs and stores Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Why in the news? India has committed in its NDC – to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree Read more…
Tiger Reserves in India Project Tiger Important facts about Project Tiger: Project Tiger was launched by the Government of India in the year 1973 to save the endangered species of tiger in the country. Starting from nine (9) reserves in 1973, the number is grown up to fifty-four (54). There Read more…
World Environment Day In 1972, the UN General Assembly designated 5 June as World Environment Day (WED). The first celebration, under the slogan “Only One Earth” took place in 1974. In the following years, WED has developed as a platform to raise awareness of the problems facing our environment such Read more…
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES Introduction: The flow of energy is linear in ecosystems but its opposite nutrients go through a cyclical process. The nutrients are locked in the dead remains of organisms and come back into the soil by decomposers. The recycling of these nutrients is called the biogeochemical or nutrient cycle. Read more…
RAMSAR- Wetland Sites in India What is the RAMSAR Wetland Site? The Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated for international importance by the Ramsar Convention. Introduction of Ramsar Convention: Ramsar Convention (established in 1971 by UNESCO, and came into force in 1975) is an international treaty for the conservation Read more…
Pollution Pollution is the unfavorable alteration of our environment, largely as a result of human activities (Southwick; 1976) We can explain it as ‘Pollution is an undesirable change in physical, chemical, and biological characteristics in our air, land, and water that is harmful or may harm future organisms’. Actions such Read more…
Important Environmental Laws Of India The environment in Indian Constitution The Constitution of India under Part IVA (Art 51A-Fundamental Duties) casts a duty on every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creatures Our constitution Read more…
Pyramids In Ecosystem The pyramids in the Ecosystem are graphic representations of trophic levels showing the relationship between different organisms in an ecosystem. Types of Pyramids in Ecosystem There are three types of pyramids: Pyramid of number Pyramid of biomass Pyramid of energy Pyramid of number A pyramid of numbers Read more…
Ecosystem: The term ecosystem was first used in 1935, by British ecologist Arthur Tansley. Interaction of living and non-living of an area with each other, i.e. interacting organisms of an area together with the non-living constituents of the environment form an ecosystem. This shows the relationship between organism and their Read more…