professional organizations concerned with natural hazards

Summary - Biologists estimate that there are about 30 million species of living organisms inhabiting this biosphere and only a million and half of it have been discovered and described so far. The species of plants and animals identified so far exhibit a great deal of variation in their f..

Biology - The study of Life - Biology is a branch of science, which deals with the study of life. It is concerned with the study of living organisms, which are immeasurably diverse and complex than the non-living matter. Hence, biology is also described as life science or n..

Natural Resource Types of misuse/ecological problems I Ecological Resources Excessive mining Loss of forest area (if mines are in forest) Displacement of population and their profession Loss of agricultural lands (if resource is in cultivated land) ..

The term environment refers to the natural elements that make up the Earth and surround living organisms, enabling life. The study of the environment and its proper conservation, has gained enormous importance in last three decades. The term environmental pollution has bec..

The term environment refers to the natural elements that make up the Earth and surround living organisms, enabling life. The study of the environment and its proper conservation, has gained enormous importance in last three decades. The term environmental pollution has bec..

Introduction - The term environment refers to the natural elements that make up the Earth and surround living organisms, enabling life. The study of the environment and its proper conservation, has gained enormous importance in last three decades. The term environmental pollutio..

>Biodegradable - The biodegradable wastes are those that can be decomposed. For example, kitchen garbage, animal dung, etc. Non-biodegradable - The non-biodegradable wastes are those that cannot be decomposed and remain as such in the environment. For example, plastics, nuclear wastes, glass, etc. ..

>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 decide how much..

Biology - The study of Life - Biology is a branch of science, which deals with the study of life. It is concerned with the study of living organisms, which are immeasurably diverse and complex than the non-living matter. Hence, biology is also described as life science or n..

The univalent hydrocarbon unit derived from an alkane by the loss of one hydrogen atom is termed as alkyl group. Thus, an alkyl group ay be represented by the general formula C n H 2 n + 2 and denoted by R (an alkane is denoted as RH). The alkyl groups are named after their parent alkanes ..