A forest fire is a natural or man-made event in which a wildfire spreads through a forested area, often causing damage to the ecosystem, wildlife, and human structures. Forest fires can be caused by lightning, human activity, or natural phenomena such as drought. They can be fought using techniques such as firebreaks, controlled burns, and water or chemical retardants.
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INTRODUCTION A drought is a prolonged period of below-average precipitation, leading to a shortage of water resources in a particular area. Droughts can have severe environmental and economic impacts, such as crop failures, wildfires, and water shortages. Droughts can be caused by a variety of factors, including weather patterns, climate change, and human activities. Droughts
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Distribution, Causes and Consequences INTRODUCTION A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. Floods can occur due to heavy rainfall, melting snow, and ice, as well as coastal storm surges and tsunamis. They can cause significant damage to homes, businesses, and infrastructure, as well as lead to loss of
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Cyclone refers to any spinning storm that rotates around a low-pressure centre. Closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce a heavy rain.
Cyclones are characterized by inward spiral winds that rotate about a zone of low air pressure
Warm core cyclones such as tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are lie within the synoptic scale
IntroductionBiologic communities are groups of creatures, plants, and microorganisms that are dependent on one another and other living things. The unusual kind of biotic community that arises or is observed in a place is mostly influenced by abiotic or non-living forces. The unusual kind of biotic community that arises or is observed in a place
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What Is Environmental System? INTRODUCTION: –The term “environment” refers to anything that surrounds or has an impact on an organism over the course of its lifetime. In the beginning, early man’s surroundings was limited to the planet’s physical elements, physical components, such as the lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere, as well as biotic groups. However, as
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Meaning of Biodiversity The term biodiversity was coined by Walter and Rosen (1985) and is the abbreviated word for Biological Diversity. Life originated on earth almost four billion years ago and nature took more than 1 billion years to develop this wide and complex spectrum of life on earth. Scientists believe that the total number
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