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<p>According to NASA, the health of ice sheets that form an Antarctic iceberg can be assessed by looking at their balance. Balance in an ice sheet is the balance between the ice added through snowfall and the ice that is lost due to melting and formation of icebergs.</p>
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<p>High-level radioactive waste comprises the fuel which is used up in a nuclear reactor for generating electricity, usually uranium, which is called spent fuel – fuel that is no longer efficient for producing electricity. </p>
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<p>India has witnessed a number of landslides in the period between the end of June and the start of July, with the latest in Devidhar village in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh on 18th July, 2017 claiming the life of a child (S. Sharma, ToI, 2017).</p>
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<p>The land policies of the British were very invasive of the rights of the tribal communities in India over their inhabited land. A succession of invasive land policies such as the jagirdari system, the zamindari system and the permanent settlement that the British imposed in Bihar and Bengal exacerbated the already simmering tension between tribal communities in India and the British administration.</p>
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<p>Besides it can help in generating employment. The technology excels in its ability to detect known and unknown milk adulteration and has a great potential to be used widely in the dairy industry. This technology has been transferred to two industries, namely Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments (REIL), Jaipur in December 2012 and Alpine Technologies, Surat in December 2015 for manufacturing and commercialisation. REIL has manufactured system based on the technology costing around INR 70,000 to INR 100,000.</p>
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<p>जब मनुष्य पर्यावरणीय पारितन्त्रों से खिलवाड़ करता है, तब सबसे पहले बड़ी स्तनपायी प्रजातियां गायब होती हैं। इन बड़ी स्तनपायी प्रजातियों की जनसंख्या के कम होने से नकारात्मक पर्यावरणीय और आर्थिक परिणाम सामने आते हैं और ये परिणाम इन प्रजातियों की पर्यावरणीय भूमिका व स्थिति पर निर्भर करते हैं।</p>
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<p>ood availability comprises total food production and total food import. Food accessibility encompasses both economic and physical accessibility and affordability without compromising any other basic need. Food adequacy means that the acquired food must satisfy dietary needs with good nutritional value and it should be safe for consumption.</p>
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<p>Ozone is present in a very small amount in the Earth’s atmosphere, averaging about three molecules of ozone for every ten million molecules of air. It is measured in Dobson Unit (Db) which is equivalent to a 0.01 mm thickness of pure ozone if brought down to ground level pressure (1 atm) and temperature (0°C). The global average of ozone thickness is about 300Db.</p>
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<p>Drought can be defined as the deficiency in precipitation over an extended period, usually a season or more, resulting in a water shortage causing adverse impacts on vegetation, animals, and/or people (NOAA, 2008). It is a temporary anomaly, unlike aridity, which is a permanent climatic condition.</p>
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<p> कार्बन जमा प्रणाली के अंतर्गत, वैसे उपयोगों जिनमें कोई लागत अन्तर्ग्रस्त नहीं होती, की अपेक्षा कम उत्सर्जनों की दिशा में या कम कार्बन की गहनता वाले दृष्टिकोण के संदर्भ में बाजार तंत्रों के माध्यम से औद्योगिक और वाणिज्यिक प्रक्रियाओं को सीमित किया गया है। जलवायु परिवर्तन रोकने को कार्बन डाई-ऑक्साइड पैदा होने की मात्रा में कमी आने से अन्ततः बिजली उत्पादन में कमी लानी पड़ेगी जिसके कारण आज के वाणिज्यीकृत और औद्योगिकीकृत विश्व में किसी राष्ट्र का आर्थिक विकास बाधित होगा।</p>
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