Arsenic pollution has become a severe environmental problem in India. Enumerate its various source, also discuss the consequences and measures to tackle it.

Arsenic is a heavy inorganic metal pollutant that causes great damage to humans and various other ecosystems. Sources: Iron and steel smelting plants. Car plants. Mining sites due to leaching. Electronic plants as arsenic is used in circuits and semiconductors. ..

What is Stampede? Why are humans prone to stampede?

Human Stampedes are sudden rush of a crowd of people usually resulting in many injuries and deaths. Most deaths during stampede occur due to suffocation and trampling. Stampedes can occur in different situations such as religious congregations and processions; food ..

Account for variations in oceanic salinity and discuss it's multi-dimensional effects.

Ocean salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt present in the water body of the ocean. Salts compounds present in the water are sodium chloride, magnesium sulfate, potassium nitrate, and sodium bicarbonate which dissolve into ions. The average salinity ..

International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

At the UN Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit in New York in October 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure or CDRI. In November, he further requested the BRICS countries and the ..

Monsoon season has produced floods in the northwest and the northeast India while South India has suffered from a rainfall deficit. Examine the possible reasons and its implications for the economy.

Due to climate change and variation in rainfall pattern, Monsoon season in India sometime leads to floods in the northwest and the northeast region, on the other hand, southern parts of India face drought-like scenario due to a rainfall deficit. ..

Though, there are various problems associated with single use plastics, a number of challenges needs to be faced after the blanket ban, on their use is imposed. Discuss.

Single use plastics refer to plastic that can be used only once and it cannot be recycled. They are discarded after their first use and end up into landfills, contributing to pollution. Problems associated: It is non-biodegradable. Plastics when burnt ..

The burning of crop residue is one of the major reason behind the sharp deterioration in air quality in north India. Suggest measure to prevent such instances.

Stubble burning is an agricultural practice used by farmers to prepare the field for sowing next crop, by burning the residue of the last crop. The issue with such practice is that the smog created by stubble burning pollutes the ..

Differentiate between Eco-centrism, Biocentrism and Bio conservativism while enumerating key ethical issues around them.

Eco-centrism believes in the importance of ecosystem as a whole and considers living and non-living components of ecosystems as equal. This philosophical assertion sees little importance in individuals. Eco-centrists are concerned only with how individuals influence ecosystems as a whole. ..