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8 Weird Phenomenons Induced by Humans
The human involvement with the environment and climate is direct most of the times. Everyone is aware of pollution, its causes and effects but very less of us know that we are also affecting climate and global natural phenomenons. We are contributing to global warming which has resulted in climate change. The global temperature is increasing because of pollution, polar ice is melting raising the sea levels and weather pattern is changing that result in extreme events and weird phenomenons. So, here in this list I’ll share 8 Weird Phenomenons that are induced by Humans directly or indirectly. I hope this post is thoughtful and awaring. Also read about Extreme…
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Floods – Drenching Lives
The current year brought many natural disasters and the most noticeable of them all were the floods. The devastations made by the ravaging floods could be observed in almost every state of India. Since the onset of monsoon rains, India has seen many events of flooding occurring almost every week submerging roads, houses, buildings, and almost everything that came on its way. Within a season, the country suffered a loss of over millions of dollars. Causes of Floods As suggested by the climatologists, there are some reasons which initiate a flood causing condition. These are Ice or snow melts in the glaciers or polar regions; Earthquakes, which damage…
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Countries that Struggled for Freedom
Since ancient times, the trend of extending a kingdom’s reign was predominant across the globe. Many countries ruled over other, suppressing their democracy and exploiting resources. In most of the cases, the suppressed countries fought their freedom back and restored their sovereignty. Here, I share with you few stories of some countries that struggled hard to get freedom in the recent past. These stories somewhere make us aware about the fact that nobody should dominate anybody; everyone has a right to live freely in a space that they own. 1. Algeria Algeria was colonised by French in 1830, since then slowly they started controlling their produce, economy and then…
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10 Innovations to Transform Plastic Waste into Treasure
With the advancement of human civilization, many products were invented. Within no time, few of them became a part of our daily lives. One such product is Plastic. We all know about its harmful effects on human health and environment, but still we are too addicted to it that we can’t avoid its role in our daily lives. From a simple toothbrush to gadgets almost everything is made up of plastic. The result is that we have produced heaps of plastic wastes dumped into our surroundings. For an average, plastics take from 50 to surprising 600 years to fully decompose in soil. This is a devastating fact. There is a need…
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5 Least Known Bioluminescent Organisms
Bioluminescence is a natural phenomenon of display of light from the bodies of some organisms. Generally most of us are known to ‘Jugnu’ or Firelies as a light emitting living being, but yes there are many more such organisms which have phenomenal exhibition of their unique talents. The bioluminescence is generally because of luciferase enzyme but there are many other reasons too. So, here is a list of 5 Least known Bioluminescent Organisms with a brief description about the mechanism of their luminescence. I hope you have a thoughtful read ! 5 Least Known Bioluminescent Organisms Railroad worm : Phrixothrix hirtus Where to be found : The species…
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5 Easy and Smart Ways to keep the Environment Clean
Our surroundings, whether it is land, air or water, have become very polluted and in the recent years the level has hiked considerably. Many a times we blame our governments for weak policies and ineffective management strategies. No doubt that they are somewhere accountable for all these issues but more than them we people are in control of whatever contamination we are spreading around. We are the one who carelessly throw rubbish on our roads and sewage into our rivers or streams. We ourselves are responsible for the situations that have now become disasters. There exists many articles discussing about these issues but in this post I’ll converse about…
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10 Weird New Species Discovered in 2017
Our planet is full of amazement. Mother Earth has got so many variations of living species, from algae, fungi, plants, and animals to microorganisms. Most of us think that humans have documented almost every type of life form dwelling on earth, but this is merely a delusion. In fact, we have discovered up to 8.7 million species around the globe which accounts for only 15% of the total living species dwelling on this planet, which means 85-86% of living creatures are still unknown to the humanity. Each year, various scientists discover and document a number of new species from around the planet. Many of them look weird or have unusual…
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5 Technologies for Combating Water Scarcity
Water scarcity is an emerging global issue as the climatic patterns have shifted dramatically due to the impact of global warming. The water resources which were once full of the life giving liquid are now going dry. The severe water crises has engulfed almost every continent of the planet, especially those which already have arid and semi-arid climatic conditions. You can check one of my previous post discussing states in India which have gone water scarse. The question is not about the situation as everybody is aware of the ever increasing water scarcity, but about the measures that could help the humankind to survive few more decades or centuries. Here,…
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10 Rivers that were Successfully Restored from Water Pollution
Since the advancement of human civilization, the environment suffered a lot. Most of the human societies settled along the river sides; since then the holy waters accepted everything that we threw in it. With time the river banks became more and more polluted. Water Pollution has now become one of the most devastating problem for many countries especially for the developing one. There were and are many thousands of rivers facing acute pollution. But some have been dramatically cleaned, setting an example for others to follow. So let’s know about some of them. I have prepared the list of 10 Rivers that were successfully restored from Water Pollution with…
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10 Least Known Migratory Birds of India
Birds are one of the most beautiful creations of Mother Nature and are a treat to watch. Most of us are aware of the frequently talked about and widely known migratory birds coming to India after flying hundreds and thousands of kilometres like Siberian Crane, Flamingo, Bar-Headed Goose; but very few of us know about some of the common but least known migratory birds species. So, in this post I’m going to highlight those lesser known gypsy beauties that spend a season in Indian sub-continent and the other in some foreign land. You can learn more about such birds in the most valued book of all times –…
