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Renewable Energy Support Schemes
The renewable energy industry is growing worldwide, an affordable option, supported by governments and policies. Financial incentives such as feed-in-tariff, tax breaks, subsidies and green bonds have been effective tools in fostering the growth of the renewable energy industry. Policy… Continue reading
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Urban Sustainability
Urban sustainability has been debated in the past few years. More than 54 percent of world population are living in urban areas and economic activities are centred in the urban areas. Sustainability of urban areas of developing and developed nations… Continue reading
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Plate Tectonics
Global geological phenomena have been described by theory of plate tectonics. Plate tectonism assumes the movement of plates at earth’s crust influenced by convection of magma inside the mantle. Tectonic plates are the segments of lithosphere which move and change… Continue reading
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Richter Scale
The devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 Richter scale has already killed more than 5000 people in Nepal. Earthquake with higher Richter scale are more damaging and dangerous. Earthquake can be measured in different scales and Richter’s scale has been used most… Continue reading
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Toxic Chemicals in the Environment
Different forms of harmful chemicals have been released into the soil, water and air from our activities. Chemicals which can cause serious health effects, poisoning or death when ingested, inhaled or absorbed have been classified as toxic chemicals (Worldometers, n.d.).… Continue reading
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Hydraulic Fracturing
Hydraulic fracturing is a process of fracturing rock with the help of mixed fluid pressurization to obtain gas from the shale. Shallow wells have limitations of gas production due to low permeability of sedimentary rock containing gas. Hydraulic fracturing facilitates… Continue reading
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Health Effects of Cadmium
Presence of cadmium in drinking water is hazardous to human health. Renal, cardiovascular, respiratory and skeletal effects have been found to be induced by cadmium exposure. Cadmium can induce renal tubular dysfunction leading to renal lesion and irreversible impairment of… Continue reading
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Nanobiotics
Antibiotics have been used in the treatment of various diseases. However, development of drug resistance among various species of micro-organisms reduces the effectiveness of antibiotics. Centres for Disease Control (2013) identified drug resistant species such as Clostridium difficile , Enterobacteriaceae,… Continue reading
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2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 330 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it… Continue reading
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Cadmium in Drinking Water
Heavy metals, metals with specific density of more than 5 gm/cm3, have been used in everyday applications. Human exposure to heavy metals has immediate health concerns. Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic were identified as major threats to human health (Jarup,… Continue reading