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What are Natural Resources?
Natural resources are those resources that occur within the environment in their original and natural form, undisturbed by humanity. They take…
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Earth quakes
An abrupt and tremendous release of energy stored in the rocks and the earth’s crust through the action of tectonic…
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Agricultural Wastes
Sources: The waste generated by agriculture includes waste from crops and live stock. In developing countries, this waste does not pose…
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Solid Waste
The combined effects of population explosion and changing modern living standards have had a cumulative effect in the generation of…
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Nuclear Hazards
INTRODUCTION Radionuclides are elements (uranium 235, uranium 283, thorium 232, potassium 40, radium 226, carbon 14 etc) with unstable atomic…
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Noise Pollution
Noise may not seem as harmful as the contamination of air or water, but it is a pollution problem that affects…
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Marine Pollution
Marine pollution is defined as the introduction of substances to the marine environment directly or indirectly by man resulting in…
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Thermal Pollution
Thermal pollution is the degradation of water quality by any process that increases the ambient water temperature. The increase in…
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Water Pollution
When the quality or composition of water changes directly or indirectly as a result of man’s activities such that it…
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Soil Pollution
Soil is a natural resource for which there is no substitute. Environmental historian Donald Worster reminds us that fertilizers are…
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AIR POLLUTION
Air pollution occurs due to the presence of undesirable solid or gaseous particles in the air in quantities that are…
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Environmental Pollution
Pollution is derived from Latin word ‘polluere’ which means ‘to contaminate’ any feature of environment. Pollution is the effect of…