One Day for Earth

The world is changing. This drastic change and the turns of events  have made us realise the value of life. The nature is renourshing & replenishing itself. It's abilities are tremendous. Nature is forgiving.It knows how to heal itself.  The lack of human activities is the reason behind it.   In this way, nature is teaching us that it is Inevitable. The lockdown due to covid 19 pandemic. It is giving us time to rethink & introspect within ourselves what we were doing  to our Planet. This is an exotic moment without rush, without engines; we are all together (not physically though) in a sudden strangeness. Fishermen in the cold sea would not harm whales & fishes. And the business men would not look at their hurt hands. There is peace outside. Birds are chirping. The sky is blushing. The trees are dancing. The nature is singing. The rain is pouring down more frequently to cleanse the Earth.  The sky is more blue now.  This is the crucial...

We are going through an unprecedented lock-down and are caged like an animal. Now we all can relate how it feels like to be caged. It could be immensely uncomfortable to get adapt to a non-social set up for very long, while we are really close to your family in a real way but when these animals are caged, they are alone without any friend or family member. Animal cruelty encompasses a range of behaviors harmful to animals, from neglect to malicious killing. Most cruelty investigated by humane officers is unintentional neglect that can be resolved through education. Intentional cruelty can run the gamut from knowingly depriving an animal of food, water, shelter, socialization or veterinary care to maliciously torturing, maiming, mutilating or killing an animal.  Why is it a concern? All animal cruelty is a concern because it is wrong to inflict suffering on any living creature. Intentional cruelty is a particular concern because it is a sign of psychological distress and of...

Due to the lockdown announced by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19, nature has begun to flourish.  The benefits of this lockdown is in the air quality in most Indian cities. The cities which were known for their bad air quality have reported 'good' air quality index (AQI). Following the 'janata curfew', air pollution levels dropped 60% in Kolkata, 6% in Mumbai, and 26% in Delhi. We all know the crucial role of ozone layer. Besides the drop in pollution levels, the ozone layer also play an important role in maintaining a balance of climatic conditions. Earth has begun to heal with decreased human activities.  The earth has been healing itself while we stay locked down in our houses. There are reports of Ganges water being sparkling clean, the Himalayas being visible from towns in Punjab, ozone layer sealing, air quality index improving significantly, birds singing in our cities, flamingos flocking Mumbai, animals coming out of hiding and roaming on t...

The atmosphere now contains more carbon than at any time in at least two million years.  Humans pump nearly 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year and about 50 percent of these emissions are absorbed by plants in the terrestrial and ocean.  The carbon stays in the atmosphere for about 200 years . Anthropogenic carbon emissions exceed the quantity that can be taken up or balanced out by using natural sinks.As a end result, carbon dioxide has regularly accumulated within the ecosystem, and as of 2018, its concentration is nearly 48 % above pre-industrial ranges.Numerous strategies were proposed for putting off extra carbon dioxide from the surroundings in carbon dioxide sinks. Presently approximately 1/2 of the carbon dioxide launched from the burning of fossil fuels is not absorbed by way of flora and the oceans and remains inside the environment. After an amount of CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere, 40% will continue to be in the ecosystem for a h...

“For every two strikes you get today, you’ll get three strikes at the end of the century,” Lightning has a few less well-known effects. For example, lightning is a major natural cause of wildfires .  It can lead to the formation of ozone. This greenhouse gas traps heat in the atmosphere. So, this has some negative effects in the troposphere is contrary to the beneficial role it plays when formed in the stratosphere, where it shields the Earth from harmful UV radiation from the sun  Global warming could have an electrifying effect. Rising temperatures may increase lightning strikes by 50 %over the next 100 years. Hence, more lightning would cause more warming — that would cause still more lightning, which would boost warming even more.     Climate change will lead to: • Increased moisture in the warmer atmosphere.  • Increased intensity  of the storm. Also the small aerosol particles in the air, such as those in smoke from wildfires or cars , ca...

PLASTIC ~ THE REAL MONSTER Plastic floats. This is where our story begins. Plastic monsters came to life around the world, rising up from dirty landfills, climbing over piles of trash & even swimming up and out of seas, lakes, rivers & oceans to make a very long and sometimes arduous journeys back home to their source. This plastic monsters may not be real, but this represent a very serious crisis: the plastic monster is a reality which actually portraits the world’s plastic waste.    Microplastics are very small portions of plastic that pollute the environment. Microplastics are not a selected type of plastic, but as a substitute any sort of plastic fragment that is much less than 5 mm in length. They enter natural ecosystems from an expansion of sources, such as cosmetics, apparel, and industrial procedures.   Classifications of microplastics currently exist. Primary microplastics are any plastic fragments or debris which might be already 5 mm in size or...

One of summer's most enduring sights may be extinguished forever in some parts of the world. Fireflies, aka lightning bugs, are facing a triple extinction threat from habitat loss, artificial light and pesticide use. The second-most serious threat to fireflies is considered to be light pollution as many fireflies rely on bioluminescence to find & attract their mates. Artificial light at night has grown exponentially during the last century. In addition to disrupting natural biorhythms -- including our own -- light pollution really messes up firefly mating rituals. Many fireflies rely on bioluminescence to find and attract their mates, and previous work has shown that too much artificial light can interfere with these courtship exchanges.   In the early months of the pandemic, marginalized groups had been disproportionately affected and the realities of a widening inequality gap were apparent. What turned into as soon as concept to be an equalizer had turn out to be the...

Tourism in Bhutan ~ "Bhutan puts ecology before the economy." Bhutan  follows ‘high value-low impact’ tourism whichis  based on its unique Gross National Happiness (GNH) policy. It is based on 4 principles :- 1.Sustainable development 2. Environmental conservation 3.Preservation & promotion of cultural values 4. Good governance. The international & local visitors will  pay an extra dollar for this attractive tourist's destination. Futher, this extra dollar can go into restoration, conservation & well-being of the local biodiversity. Quality-of-life signs may encompass years of healthy existence, get admission to to way of life (e.G. Track, literature, arts) and education; networks of social connections and mutual consider; get admission to to smooth air, water, nature and lifestyles sustaining surroundings services; and the homes and infrastructure that offer us with refuge, transportation, gathering locations, and human-produced means of production; in addit...

Air pollution from fossil fuel costs world economy $8 billion a day; China, USA, India highest contributors. The economic cost of air pollution from fossil fuels has reached an estimate of $8 billion per day. Half of of those emissions were produced within the beyond 25 years, while globally, the notice of climate trade, GHGs, worldwide warming, and growing sea levels has accelerated. In the course of this period, while a few mentioned oil giants and household names chose climate change denial and funded corporations that puzzled weather scientists, others transitioned from being called an oil or coal manufacturer to an “electricity” corporation, projecting a purifier profile. Below the Paris climate agreement of 2015, 196 countries committed to taking steps to restriction the upward push in international temperature this century to properly below 2 stages Celsius. 4 years later, international emissions nonetheless extended: through 1.7% in 2017, and a similarly 2.7% in 2018. I...

Coronavirus is now telling the world that if we do not help protect biodiversity & nature, then we will face this and worse future threats. The loss of habitat has brought wild animals into closer contact with humans & domesticated animals, enabling diseases such as the coronavirus to jump the animal-human barrier and spread through human-to-human contact. But Coronavirus has cut emissions faster than years of climate negotiations.  In China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluter,suddenly, coal-powered economy has slashed emissions by 25%. Not because of the climate crisis, but the COVID-19 public health emergency. With businesses and factories shuttered& drastical reduction in CO2 by making hundreds of millions of people across the country canceling their flights and putting travel restrictions & ultimately reducing traffic on road. The virus is prompting us to change our habits in ways that could make a longer-term contribution to climate protection — wo...