Tag Archive - plant

organic mosquito-Insect Repellent

Posted in:Going Green on 8th FebNo Comments

Mosquitoes can cause several dangerous diseases like malaria,West Nile,dengue etc.The chemical based repellents can prevent mosquitoes and other insect bites but can cause several problems like rashes especialliy to babies.Hence an organic, Earth-friendly repellent is necessary.Here is a recipe for Mosquito and insect repellent.
2 1/2 teaspoons total of any combination of the following essential [...]

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10 worst nuclear accidents in history

Posted in:Human impact on Earth on 23rd JanNo Comments
10 worst nuclear accidents in history

Here is the list of 10 worst nuclear accidents in history.
windscale Fire, October 10, 1957
The accident occurred when the graphite core of a British nuclear reactor caught fire. The fire resulted in a release of a significant amount of radioactive contamination. It was estimated that the incident caused an increase in thyroid cancer cases.No [...]

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Facts on rain forests

Posted in:Mother Earth on 5th DecNo Comments
Facts on rain forests

Pinning down exact numbers is nearly impossible, but most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily, and significantly degrading another 80,000 acres every day on top of that. Along with this loss and degradation, we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day—or some 50,000 species a year—as the forests fall.

According to researchers, tropical rainforests are incredibly rich ecosystems that play a key role in the basic functioning of the planet. They help maintain the climate by regulating atmospheric gases and stabilizing rainfall, and provide many other important ecological functions.

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Amazon Forests

Posted in:Mother Earth on 21st NovNo Comments
Amazon Forests

The Amazon Rainforest area occupies over 7.5 million square kilometers, about 40 percent of South America’s territory.
A region of superlatives, the Amazon, the world’s largest intact rainforest,spans nine South American countries – Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and French Guyana (part of France). Thetotal forest area of 6.7 million km2 is nearly [...]

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