The provisions related to environment in the constitution of India are found among Fundamental Duties, Directive Principles as well as Fundamental Rights. Fundamental Duties Article 51-A(g) says that...
The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 was enacted to prevent, control and abate air pollution in India. It was introduced to address the increasing levels...
On 12 December 2015, the Paris Agreement was adopted as an agreement within the UNFCCC framework. On 22 April 2016 {Earth Day}, 175 countries around the world have...
Climate change first emerged as a global policy issue in the late 1980s, spurring decades of international negotiations to address rising greenhouse gas emissions and climate change risks....
Thermal pollution refers to degradation of water quality caused by changes to the ambient water temperature. Common causes include the discharge of cooling water by power plants and...
Spread of chemicals, particles, industrial, agricultural and residential waste, noise or the invasive organisms in the marine is the Marine Pollution. Toxins bioaccumulate in Zooplankton and phytoplankton and...
Persistence is an important characteristic of the environmental pollutants in an environmental medium (air/ water/ soil) or in a living tissue, in which the pollutants remain active for...
Almost 70 per cent of India’s surface water resources and a growing percentage of its groundwater reserves are contaminated by biological, toxic organic and inorganic pollutants. In many...
Animals or plants used wilfully to destroy pests are called Biopesticides. For common knowledge, we can divide them into bioherbicides and bioinsecticide. Bioherbicides Pesticides destroying herbs are called...
The word pesticide comes from Latin pestis, which means the destructive agent or plague. Pesticides are generally oily or waxy substances in the form of dust, granules, pallets,...
