ENERGY FLOW Energy is the vital source of functioning of the planet and its mega biodiversity. All the functions of an ecosystem are in some way interlinked with growth and regeneration of Biotic agents. Biotic Agents: Components which are living in nature. For Example; Plants, animals, Homo sapiens. The functioning of the ecosystem is based […]

WHAT IS ECOLOGY? The term Ecology was coined by Earnst Haeckel in 1869. It is derived from the Greek words Oikos- home + logos- study. So ecology deals with the study of organisms in their natural home interacting with their surroundings. The surroundings or environment consists of other living organisms (biotic) and physical (abiotic) components.

Environment- “the sum total of water, air and land and the inter-relationships that exist among them and with the human beings, other living organisms and materials.” Defined by Environmental (Protection) Act,1986. The gambit of our surrounding, natural elements, biotic and abiotic constitutes, and physical factors responsible for supporting survival, growth, and constant development of living

BY –  Astitva Singh Chipko Movement of 1973 inspired the whole world to showcase the power of conservation.  Started from Garhwal district of Uttarakhand,  Chipko Andolan transcended time and till date is considered as one of the most prominent movement. The reason behind the whole movement was the indiscriminate cutting down of trees. We humans

BY – Ananya Singh TROPICAL CYCLONE Tropical cyclones are violent storms that originate over oceans in tropical areas and move to coastal areas bringing violent winds, very heavy rainfall & storm surge. They’re irregular wind movements involving closed circulation of air around a low-pressure centre which arises due to rapid upward movement of hot air

By – Ananya Singh Until earlier this year, most of the people had never heard of the term “wet market” but the coronavirus pandemic has upshot it into the limelight. The noble coronavirus, which has infected close to 168 million people globally with the number still rising, is expected to have originated in the Huanan

Cyclone Tauktae ( pronounced as Tau’te) is consider to be a very high intensity cyclone, developed in the Arabian Sea and has already taken more than 11 lives. It was expected that the cyclone storm will intensify severely by Sunday with a wind speed of 160 kmph. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Tauktae

By – Himanshu Sharma On 22nd May, the ‘Convention on Biological Diversity’ was signed at Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. Hence to grace the occasion we regard this day as “International day for Biological Diversity” in order to generate awareness among people about the importance, benefits and conservation of biodiversity.Being a