Environment & Ecology course by Atul Sir covers the following topics:
Environment and Ecology: Basic Understanding
- Introduction
- Categories of Environment
- Features of Environment
- Components of Environment
- Ecology
Ecosystem and Its Dynamics
- Ecosystem Definitions
- Properties of Ecosystem
- Components of Ecosystem
- Abiotic Factors
- Biotic Factors
- Ecosystem Dynamics
Biogeochemical Cycles
- Gaseous Cycle
- Human Impact on the Carbon Cycle
- Effects of High Concentration of Greenhouse Gases
- Hydrological Cycle
- Nitrogen Cycle
- Human Impact on the Nitrogen Cycle
- Oxygen Cycle
- Sedimentary Cycle
- Human Impact on the Sulphur Cycle
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Biodiversity
- Types of Biodiversity
- Value of the Biodiversity
- Threats to Biodiversity
- Causes of Biodiversity losses (‘The Evil Quartet’)
- Invasive species
- Effects of Loss of Bio-Diversity
- Extinction of Species
- Types - Natural, Mass, Anthropogenic
- Causes of Extinction
- Consequences of Extinction of Species
Waste Management
- Solid Waste Management
- Salient features of SWM Rules, 2016
- e-waste Management
- Pollutants and their Health Impacts
- Importance of the E-Waste Management
- E-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2016
- Biomedical Waste
- Hazards Associated with Waste Management
- Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016
- Hazardous Waste
- Hazardous Waste Treatment
- Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016