Environmental Issues

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Biology Solutions from Chapter -1 - Environmental Issues

This chapter discusses various environmental issues. Here, we discuss air and water pollution and its control, greenhouse effect and global warming, ozone layer depletion, deforestation, degradation of resources etc. in detail.

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Biology>Ecology>Environmental Issues>Environmental Issues

This topic describes the various environmental issues and how does our activities affect the environment. We will also briefly describe the ozone layer depletion, managing the garbage generated and various other issues.

Biology>Ecology>Environmental Issues>Air Pollution and its Control

The harmful gases and particulates found in the air cause air pollution. This topic discusses the causes of air pollution and its preventive measures. Here, it also describes the working of electrostatic precipitation along with diagrammatic representation.

Biology>Ecology>Environmental Issues>Water Pollution and its Control

This topic discusses the causes and preventive measures of water pollution. It describes biochemical oxygen demand and eutrophication in detail. Further, it discusses a case study on integrated waste water treatment.

Solid wastes comprise of everything that goes out in trash. This topic discusses the effects of solid wastes to the environment. It also includes a case study of remedy for plastic wastes.

Biology>Ecology>Environmental Issues>Agrochemicals and their Effects

This topic states that agrochemicals are used to increase the crop yield by increasing the fertility of the soil. It causes soil pollution due to alteration in the quality of soil. The importance of organic farming is explained with a case study here.

This topic discusses the hazardous nature of radioactive wastes. Though nuclear energy was hailed for the non-polluting way of electricity generation, it was realized later for its very serious inherent problems. It briefs the storage method of nuclear wastes.

Biology>Ecology>Environmental Issues>Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming

The phenomenon due to which the temperature on the earth rises is termed as greenhouse effect. This topic describes the causes of greenhouse effect, gases responsible for greenhouse effect and global warming.

Ozone layer is present in the upper part of the atmosphere, which helps from the UV radiations emitted by the sun. In this topic, we shall understand the causes of ozone layer depletion in the stratosphere and its effect on earth.

Biology>Ecology>Environmental Issues>Degradation by Improper Resource Utilisation and Maintenance

The resource degradation can be caused due to improper resource utilization processes. This topic mainly focuses on soil erosion, desertification, waterlogging and soil salinity.

Deforestation is the process in which there is a permanent removal of trees from the forest. This topic discusses the consequences of deforestation and the necessity of reforestation.