Are we protecting the environment or is the environment protecting us?
Protecting the environment has been the key matter of concern for the human society since the past few decades. Considering the present condition of the mother nature, today the debate is that “Are we protecting the environment or is the environment protecting us?” Is the…
Environmental Impact Assessment, Monitoring and related terms
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment discusses technical developments and data arising from environmental monitoring and assessment, principles in the design of monitoring systems, and the use of monitoring data in assessing the consequences of natural resource management and pollution risks. Monitoring systems estimate exposure both at…
Air Pollution – Asthma for Mother Nature!
If Mother Nature was to be a living walking human, then Air pollution would be nothing less than a disease or an Asthma attack for her. Today the quality of air around us is so bad, that even the most seemingly clean and hygienic surroundings…
Important terms and concepts relating Carbon emissions
Carbon is the backbone element of nature or simply the building blocks of anything living or dead. It is present in the environment in multiple forms, some good, some moderate and some harmful. Understanding the whereabouts of carbon in the environment is important. You may…
Understanding Environmental Auditing
An Environmental audit is a general term that can reflect various types of evaluations intended to identify environmental compliance and management system implementation gaps, along with related corrective actions. In this way, they perform an analogous (similar) function to financial audits. There are generally two…
Bioremediation using Fungi – Mycoremediation
Treatment of wastes, effluents and contaminated media in Environment and other scientific fields is a fast-growing field of technology today. The prime reason behind this is the rising levels of pollution and environmental degradation. Scientists have developed numerous physical, chemical, biological and biogeochemical methods for…