Biodiversity simply means the variety of life forms on the planet earth. It also includes every variation existing in every level of biological organization. We are to some extent familiar with the web of life sustaining us. More than 3 billion humans depend on coastal and marine biodiversity, while over 1.6 billion people depend on …
Overfishing is yet another environmental issue which means consumption of a species of fish from a body of water at a rate which is outpacing its natural reproduction. According to World Wildlife Fund (WWF), “overfishing occurs when more fish are caught than the population can replenish through natural reproduction.“ While overfishing sounds like a lucrative …
The Atlantic Ocean is a huge mass of water covering about 16.7-20 percent of the Earth and covers a total area of approximately 85,133,000 square kilometers. To get a clear idea about its size, it is important to note that it is slightly greater than half of the Pacific Ocean. This ocean has an average …
The physical world is composed of living and non-living things. They are generally referred to as the biotic and the abiotic. The abiotic is the physical objects like rivers, mountains, volcanoes and water-bodies. The biotic is the world of flora and fauna. Flora The word “flora” is used to designate plant life. The word “flora” …
The marine habitat destruction and loss is where the marine environment or the ecological set up is unable to support life due to degradation. This is a process that is contributed by various natural and human activities. Most countries have had the opportunity to stock marine animals and plants. Countries such as North and South …
The ocean is an immense body of water that covers more than 70 percent of the planet Earth, which is possibly the home where the first organisms ever lived. It is full of natural wealth, resplendent beauty, strange and ordinary beings and valuable resources. An ocean is a body of saline water greater than a …
Up to the present time, when it comes to discussions about the earth’s surface cover, most of it is covered by water. About 70% of the entire earth’s surface is overlaid with water, most of which are the oceans. Out of the total water surface on earth, more than 96% is the ocean’s salty water. …