Biodiversity and Biodiversity Hotspots Biodiversity The variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems, and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this…
Environmental Impact Assessment + Agriculture Techniques & Revolutions Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Environmental impact assessment is the formal process used to predict the environmental consequences (positive or negative) of a plan,…
Geoengineering Geoengineering is the deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth’s climate, in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming. It includes the projects…
Carbon Sources & Sequestration Carbon sink & source A carbon sink is anything that absorbs more carbon that it releases, while a carbon source is anything that releases more carbon than is absorb Forests,…
Ocean Acidification & Salt Marsh Ecosystem Ocean acidification Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth’s oceans, caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. When carbon dioxide enters the…
Acid Rain & Ozone Depleting Substances Acid Rain Acid rain (Ph < 5.6) is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids (H2SO4& HNO3).…
Greenhouse Effect & Greenhouse Gases The exchange of incoming and outgoing radiation that warms the Earth is often referred to as the greenhouse effect because a greenhouse works in much…
Bioaccumulation vs Bioconcentration vs Biomagnification + Composting + Vemiculture Pyrolysis “Combustion in absence of oxygen or in controlled atmosphere of oxygen” Composting A biological process (in-situ) in which microorganisms, mainly…
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