Environmental law is necessary to combat issues related to the environment andconservation of natural resources. For instance – environmental laws pertain to issues like global warming, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, acid rain, hunting ofendangered species, deforestation, depletion of natural ...
Cement production has always remained a concern for global warming due to the high energy requirements and the release of significant amounts of CO2. Besides, ACC has embarked upon an ambitious project for substituting five per cent of its annual coal requirement of about five million tons over ...
“Sustainable development is the organizing principle for meeting human development goals while simultaneously sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The desired result is a state of society where living c...
A newly published Stanford study indicates European wheat yields will drop more than 20 percent by 2040 due to global warming. A new Stanford study finds that due to an average 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit of warming expected by 2040, yields of wheat and barley across Europe will drop more than 20...
In the second step, the collision of oxygen atoms with another oxygen atom leads to the formation of ozone. Structure of ozone (Source: Wikipedia) We can also produce ozone artificially with the help of oxygen molecules in the laboratory. The principle is similar to natural process. However, ...
Food webs also explain how food scarcities due to overhunting, poaching, global warming, and habitat destruction disrupt populations, leading to extinction. 4. The Movement of Energy and Nutrient A food chain describes how energy, nutrients, and organic compounds move through an ecosystem.Plants are...
Researcher Michael Walsh of the University of Sydney explored the impact that crop density might have on the biomass andseed productionof fourweed speciesfound in Australian wheat crops. When wheat was planted at the commercially recommended density of 120 plants per square meter, the biomass of ri...
Scientists have revealed that plants have a 'sealing' mechanism supported by microbes in the root that are vital for the intake of nutrients for survival and growth.
Birds who live next door to family members or to other birds they know well are physically healthier and age more slowly, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).