Found 13 Articles for Water Bodies & Aquatic Life

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

Indian Culture has reversed all its natural resources and it is also evident from Vedic time on how the various forces of nature were worshiped to maintain the balance in the cycle of nature called Rita. Ganga is the longest river in India that originates from the Gangotri glaciers in the state of Uttarakhand and ends in the Bay of Bengal in Sagar Island.It is a river which is considered to be the oldest as far as references in the sources of history are concerned. This river has been the life-giver for a population of the Gangetic plains for many ... Read More

Cruise ships are sometimes carrying 10, 000 and more people on board which amounts to the population of a small town. When they are set for a sail it will be usually 10 days to one month for a commercial ship to touch the land. Meanwhile, they have to take care of food, washing of clothes and disposing of human excreta for that period.Not just human waste, there can be leftover food, bottles, cans, cardboard and everything which has to be handled on the land, has to be handled on the ship too.Where does the waste go from the ships? ... Read More