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Found 20 Articles for Nature

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Plants are important to make a sense of balance between nature and in people’s lives. Being living organisms, they have a place in the vegetable kingdom that can live on land or in water. Plants and humans are mutually dependent for life and sustainability but are unable to share emotional bonds of each other.However, can you imagine that plants can even speak and feel the emotions of a human being? Yes, it is not just the imagination now. It can be possible. The gardeners can understand the thought of plants and can talk to them scientifically through a great research, ... Read More

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Ozone is measured as Dobson units. And a Dobson unit of gas is equal to a layer of gas, with a thickness of one-hundredth of a millimeter at the surface of the Earth. The ozone in the atmosphere is measured by about 300 Dobsons.Ozone is also known as a trace gas, meaning there are very few amounts in the atmosphere. In fact, it is concluded that out of every million molecules of gas in the atmosphere, less than ten are ozone. Though it does not sound or seems like much, it's enough to protect you from the Sun's UV rays.The ... Read More

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There are many interesting answers to this question. But I found one very fascinating and amazing phenomenon. When it rains suddenly in the Atacama desert in Chile, which is the driest non-polar desert on Earth, there will be a sudden spur of life in the desert.If the desert gets heavy rainfall during their spring season which is October and November, there will be a sudden bloom of the flowers ‘hibernating’ beneath its surface. It fills the entire desert with an explosion of color by the flowers coming to their full bloom which is eagerly waiting for the rain, leaving the place ... Read More

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While walking near any lake or forest around the sea, you might have seen a different and unique feature of some trees, whose roots are not under but above the ground. They are known as Mangrove trees and they have aerial roots.Now, the reason why have roots above the land is that they are the underground root type which needs and demands more oxygen. Under the ground, the soil is not able to support or provide enough oxygen to the roots and therefore this root system outgrows aerial roots which grow vertically up to the fresh air above the soil.Read More

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Water is a very important resource not only for us but also for our future generations. We should; therefore, save it in order to provide the maximum benefit to others. Water is necessary for our lives. So, if we save water, we save life.However, one must either not be aware of the ways to conserve it or may be reluctant thinking that such work will require a lot of toil. Let's talk about the ways in which water can be conserved.Turn off the Tap Post Use: While we brush our teeth, water keeps spilling out. It is necessary to close ... Read More

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Scavengers are also known as decomposers. They feed on the dead bodies and thus those who are dependent on decaying smelly matter. Some of the popular examples of decomposers are vultures, crows, hyenas, etc. It is a common myth that these scavengers are only carnivorous. They are even herbivores.Scavengers As Animal or BirdScavengers of dead plant material include termites that build nests in grasslands and then collect dead plant material for consumption within their accommodation i.e. the nest.Coprovores: Animals which consume feces, such as dung beetles are known as Coprovores.Detritivores: Animals that collect small particles of a dead animal or a ... Read More

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An earthquake is defined as the sudden shaking of the Earth's surface. Earthquakes are caused by the collision of tectonic plates in the Earth's crust. These plates ride over each other when instability is created in the crust due to the release of energy from the Earth's core.There are large earthquakes and small earthquakes. Earthquakes are measured using an instrument called Seismometer. The magnitude of an earthquake is represented on the Richter scale. On the scale, 3 or less is scarcely noticeable, and magnitude 7 or more causes damage over a wide area.The Great Chilean earthquake also known as the ... Read More

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Rearing of animals is called Animal Husbandry. This is in the case of cattle rearing such as Buffalo, cow, oxen etc which are reared for meat, milk, eggs or other purposes.Is Animal Husbandry a recent phenomenon?This agricultural practice dates to the long history, from Neolithic Revolution in fact. Then there was the British Agricultural Revolution which made yet another change in livestock rearing.What is the type of livestock which is reared?Most livestock is herbivore except pig.Medieval HusbandryWith regard to animal husbandry, one cannot forget the medieval husbandry which was related to the Collapse of the Roman Empire. But whatever techniques came, ... Read More

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The contamination of water bodies like lakes, rivers, ground water or oceans is termed water pollution. The main cause of this pollution is the discharge of harmful substances into water bodies without being treated. Water is the basic and most important element of life. Hence we must protect it from pollution.Water pollution is caused by many factors. Human or animal wastes, Chemicals released from factories, pesticides and other chemicals used in agriculture, oil spills, wastage from factories directed to water tanks etc., Water pollution has become a serious global problem as will cause many diseases and even deaths.We can control ... Read More

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There is this favorite painting of every child, a triangular mountain which has a sun peeping through it, birds flying in the shape of small r, a small hut, and a tree. Well in all this, what amazes many of us is the triangular shape of the mountain. Has it ever bothered you, why mountains are triangular in shape and not circular or rectangular or any shape.Let's try to find an answer to this peculiar and amazing question.The mystery behind the triangular mountain shapeMountains take millennia to be formed and there are various forces like tectonic forces, gravity, frictional force, ... Read More