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Friday, 22 March 2013 20:31

Industrial Ecology and Global Warming

To begin with, let us understand what Ecology means. The scientific study of environment and its organisms with respect to their abundance, habitat, interaction, climate and distribution belongs to a branch of biology known as ecology. Ecology is now used in a more general sense, coined to mean environment-friendly. When we talk of Industrial ecology, we hint at the effects of industrialization on the environment.
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As early as elementary science, it taught us that water covers 70% of the Earth's surface, while earth's land mass only covers 30% of the Earth's surface. Now that is huge different. Everyone might wonder how come other environmental organizations have been relentless in their campaign to conserve water. Well the truth is only a small percentage of water is actually in a useable stat.
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