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Navigating the Currents: A Deep Dive into Japan’s Economic Landscape Japan, a nation renowned for its technological prowess, cultural richness, and enduring resilience, finds itself navigating a complex economic landscape. While the country boasts a robust manufacturing sector and a highly skilled workforce, it faces persistent challenges in achieving sustained economic growth. This article delves … Read more
The Tiny Titans of the Ocean: Unveiling the World of Zooplankton The vast expanse of the ocean, a seemingly endless blue, teems with life. While majestic whales and sleek sharks capture our imagination, a hidden world of microscopic creatures plays a crucial role in the delicate balance of marine ecosystems. These tiny titans, known as … Read more
The Global Positioning System consists of 24 satellites, that circle the globe once every 12 hours, to provide worldwide position, time and velocity information. GPS makes it possible to precisely identify locations on the earth by measuring distance from the satellites. GPS allows you to record or create locations from places on the earth and … Read more
Climate Change It is the long term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods of time Though it has been happening naturally for millions of years, in recent years it has accelerated due to anthropogenic causes and has been causing Global Warming. UNFCCC defines Climate Change as – “a change of climate … Read more
The Blue Revolution: A Deep Dive into the Transformation of Aquaculture The world’s population is growing, and with it, the demand for food. While traditional agriculture has long been the primary source of sustenance, the pressure on land resources is increasing. This has led to a growing focus on alternative sources of protein, with aquaculture, … Read more
8 Aviation Almost all modern aircraft are fitted with multiple GPS receivers. This provides pilots and sometimes passengers with a real-time aircraft position and map of each flight’s progress. GPS also allows airline operators to pre-select the safest, fastest and most fuel-efficient routes to each destination, and ensure that each route is followed as closely … Read more
The West Australian Current: A Lifeline for Marine Life and a Force of Nature The West Australian Current (WAC), a powerful and influential ocean current, plays a vital role in shaping the marine ecosystem of Western Australia and beyond. This warm, swift current, flowing south along the coast of Western Australia, carries a wealth of … Read more
E — WASTE E-Waste is not hazardous if it is stocked in safe storage or recycled by scientific methods or transported from one place to the other in parts or in totality in the formal sector. The e-waste can be considered hazardous if recycled by primitive methods Survey was carried out by the Central Pollution … Read more
–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> Salinity is defined as the ratio between the weight of the dissolved materials and the weight of the sample sea water. Generally, salinity is defined as ‘the total amount of solid material in grams contained in one kilogram of sea water and is expressed as part … Read more
The major causes of the Environmental Degradation are modern Urbanization, industrialization, over-Population Growth, deforestation etc. Environmental pollution refers to the degradation of quality and quantity of natural Resources. Mahatma Gandhi’s principle of “enoughness” in his saying “the earth provides enough to satisfy every persons need but not for every person’s greed” According to World Commission … Read more