populations and ecosystems

The most distinguishing characteristic of life is the boundless diversity in living forms. It is the total living (biotic) component of our bioshpere. Biodiversity can be defined as the variety and variability of all animals, plants and micro organisms found on earth. The diversity is due to the ge..

Soil Erosion occurs when the weathered soil particles are dislodged and carried away by wind or water. Deforestation, agricultural development, temperature extremes, precipitation including acid rain, and human activities contribute to this erosion. Humans speed up this process by construction, mi..

Conclusion - Presence of dangerous unnatural ingredeints causing imbalance in the ecosystems and health hazards to human beings and animals is called pollution. Pollution is mainly found in air, water, soil, food and sound. Major human activities like industries, agriculture, health care,..

? One has not anticipated some of the impacts of industrial and technological advancement. When the industrial revolution started some 250 years ago, the world population was at 600 million - that seems like a lot of people but now the world population is now almost ten times at..

>The dangerous effects of pollution are governed by factors like concentration of pollutant exposure to pollutant area / section of population affected type of pollutant and dangers caused by them process of degradation / metabolism of pollutants Each of the above factors ultimately decid..

All the ecosystems of the world together form the biosphere. It consists of all the living organisms and all the regions of the earth and its atmosphere where they live. A Biome is a large unit characterised by flora and fauna found in a specific climatic zone. For e.g., a desert or a tr..