Water Resources
The United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right, stating that water is a social and…
The United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right, stating that water is a social and…
A forest can be defined as a biotic community predominant of trees, shrubs or any other woody vegetation usually in…
Natural resources are those resources that occur within the environment in their original and natural form, undisturbed by humanity. They take…
An abrupt and tremendous release of energy stored in the rocks and the earth’s crust through the action of tectonic…
Sources: The waste generated by agriculture includes waste from crops and live stock. In developing countries, this waste does not pose…
The combined effects of population explosion and changing modern living standards have had a cumulative effect in the generation of…
INTRODUCTION Radionuclides are elements (uranium 235, uranium 283, thorium 232, potassium 40, radium 226, carbon 14 etc) with unstable atomic…
Noise may not seem as harmful as the contamination of air or water, but it is a pollution problem that affects…
Marine pollution is defined as the introduction of substances to the marine environment directly or indirectly by man resulting in…
Thermal pollution is the degradation of water quality by any process that increases the ambient water temperature. The increase in…
When the quality or composition of water changes directly or indirectly as a result of man’s activities such that it…
Soil is a natural resource for which there is no substitute. Environmental historian Donald Worster reminds us that fertilizers are…