Environment and world resources
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This document discusses various natural resources including forests, water, land, minerals, and energy. It notes that natural resources are either renewable like forests or non-renewable like minerals. Large-scale destruction of forests can lead to habitat loss, increased natural disasters, land degradation, and climate change. Over-utilization of groundwater can cause sharp declines in water tables and loss of vegetation. Mineral extraction can be environmentally damaging through destruction of forests, soil erosion, pollution, and health hazards. The document provides information on different types of minerals and energy resources on Earth.
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Climate Change All over the World .pptx
Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in the average weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It encompasses both global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. While climate change is a natural phenomenon, human activities, particularly since the Industrial Revolution, have accelerated its pace and intensity
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Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
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The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
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Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
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Recycling and Disposal on SWM Raymond Einyu pptx
Increasing urbanization, rural–urban migration, rising standards of living, and rapid development associated with population growth have resulted in increased solid waste generation by industrial, domestic and other activities in Nairobi City. It has been noted in other contexts too that increasing population, changing consumption patterns, economic development, changing income, urbanization and industrialization all contribute to the increased generation of waste.
With the increasing urban population in Kenya, which is estimated to be growing at a rate higher than that of the country’s general population, waste generation and management is already a major challenge. The industrialization and urbanization process in the country, dominated by one major city – Nairobi, which has around four times the population of the next largest urban centre (Mombasa) – has witnessed an exponential increase in the generation of solid waste. It is projected that by 2030, about 50 per cent of the Kenyan population will be urban.
Aim:
A healthy, safe, secure and sustainable solid waste management system fit for a world – class city.
Improve and protect the public health of Nairobi residents and visitors.
Ecological health, diversity and productivity and maximize resource recovery through the participatory approach.
Goals:
Build awareness and capacity for source separation as essential components of sustainable waste management.
Build new environmentally sound infrastructure and systems for safe disposal of residual waste and replacing current dumpsites which should be commissioned.
Current solid waste management situation:
The status.
Solid waste generation rate is at 2240 tones / day
collection efficiently is at about 50%.
Actors i.e. city authorities, CBO’s , private firms and self-disposal
Current SWM Situation in Nairobi City:
Solid waste generation – collection – dumping
Good Practices:
• Separation – recycling – marketing.
• Open dumpsite dandora dump site through public education on source separation of waste, of which the situation can be reversed.
• Nairobi is one of the C40 cities in this respect , various actors in the solid waste management space have adopted a variety of technologies to reduce short lived climate pollutants including source separation , recycling , marketing of the recycled products.
• Through the network, it should expect to benefit from expertise of the different actors in the network in terms of applicable technologies and practices in reducing the short-lived climate pollutants.
Good practices:
Despite the dismal collection of solid waste in Nairobi city, there are practices and activities of informal actors (CBOs, CBO-SACCOs and yard shop operators) and other formal industrial actors on solid waste collection, recycling and waste reduction.
Practices and activities of these actor groups are viewed as innovations with the potential to change the way solid waste is handled.
CHALLENGES:
• Resource Allocation.
Peatlands of Latin America and the Caribbean
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Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43% of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing contamination due to human activities. Its water is widely used for domestic, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes. This study aimed at characterizing bacteria and fungi in river Kuywa water. Water samples were randomly collected from four sites of the river: site A (Matisi), site B (Ngwelo), site C (Nzoia water pump) and site D (Chalicha), during the dry season (January-March 2018) and wet season (April-July 2018) and were transported to Maseno University Microbiology and plant pathology laboratory for analysis. The characterization and identification of bacteria and fungi were carried out using standard microbiological techniques. Nine bacterial genera and three fungi were identified from Kuywa river water. Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Streptococcus spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Shigella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp. Fungi were Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus flavus complex and Penicillium species. Wet season recorded highest bacterial and fungal counts (6.61-7.66 and 3.83-6.75cfu/ml) respectively. The results indicated that the river Kuywa water is polluted and therefore unsafe for human consumption before treatment. It is therefore recommended that the communities to ensure that they boil water especially for drinking.
Enhanced action and stakeholder engagement for sustainable peatland management
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Environment and world resources
- 1. Environment and World Resources 1 Presented To: Mam Nabiha Naeem Presented By: M Awais Ashraf
- 2. NATURAL RESOURCE is a source of products that are inherent to earth surface. Natural Sources includes: 1. Renewable resources. 2. Non- renewable resources. Natural Resources are exploited to create the products. Natural resources extraction causes great environmental disruption. 2
- 3. Chief Natural Resources • Forests Resources • Water Resources • Land Resources • Mineral Resources • Energy Resources 3
- 4. Forest Resources • Biotic community • Renewable natural resource Benefits of Forests • Protective Function • Productive Function • Regulative Function • Accessory Function 4 http://www.forestworldme.com
- 5. Large scale of destruction of forests leads to a number of adverse environmental effects. • Loss of natural habitat of wild animals and plants • Increased intensity and frequency of natural disasters • Land Degradation • Loss of forest products • Change in climatic conditions • Loss of revenue 5
- 6. Water Resources Potentially source of water supply. Effects of Over Utilization of Ground water • Sharp decline in water table. • Loss of vegetation and wildlife habitat. 6 http://www.shutterstock.com
- 7. Mineral Resources • Minerals are naturally occurring chemical compounds, which are formed under the crust of the earth. • Minerals are non-renewable resources 7 http://www.dreamstime.com
- 8. Types of Minerals • Metallic Minerals (nickel, copper, zinc, lead and gold) • Non-metallic minerals (Carbon, gypsum, precious stones, sulphur, diamond) • Fuel Minerals 1.Coal 2.Petroleum 3.Natural Gas 8 http://naturelikes.com
- 9. Environmental Effect of Extraction • Destruction of forest • Soil erosion and reduces soil fertility. • Generation of large amount of wastes • Pollution of air, water and land. • Occupational health hazards 9
- 10. Energy Resources • All living creatures on the earth, either it is a plant, an animal or a microbe need energy to perform their vital functions. • The earth is a storehouse of energy. 10 http//www.nature.com
- 11. References • Mannan, M., & Al-Ghamdi, S. G. (2020). Environmental impact of water, forests-land degradation: Latest developments from a life-cycle assessment perspective. Journal of environmental management, 261, 110198. • Wolosin, M. I. C. H. A. E. L., & Harris, N. A. N. C. Y. (2018). Tropical Forests and Climate Change: The Latest Science. World Resources Institute. Washington DC. • https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/list-10-natural-resources.php. • https://ecavo.com/top-natural-resources/. https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=dWMqaOTqSqcC&lpg=PP1&dq=natural%20and%20world% 20resources&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q=natural%20and%20world%20resources&f=false 11
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