Recall that biotechnology involves the use of living organisms in bioprocess production. Until recently, development in biotechnology involved the identification and use of such identified… Read More »Emerging Issues in Biotechnology

The investigation reported that most people that are aware of biotechnology had clear-cut perception of what they believe are its advantages and disadvantages. Majority (36%)… Read More »Perceived Advantages of Biotechnology

This article will discuss about the scope of environmental biotechnology, i.e. the various activities that affect the environment where biotechnology has a potential role-play for… Read More »Environmental Monitoring and Programme

According to the Basel Convention, waste is defined as substances or objects which are disposed of or are intended to be disposed of or are… Read More »Waste Management, Types and Classification of Wastes

markets, farms, industrial production, oil prospecting etc. On the basis of source; waste is classified into municipal, industrial or agricultural, hospital etc. The major sources… Read More »Sources of Waste, Health and Environmental Impact of Waste

In this article, you will know what constitutes a method, how to identify a good method for a given process and how to modify or… Read More »Methods Used in Environmental Biotechnology

In this article, we shall identify the various methods used in biotechnology in general and environmental biotechnology in particular. Specifically, you will be acquainted with… Read More »Methods Used in Environmental Biotechnology

The two major sources of water supply on Earth are ground and surface water. Groundwater is a part of the hydrologic cycle that lies beneath… Read More »Definition, Formation and Problems of Groundwater Resources and Management

Energy enters ecosystems in the form of sunlight or chemical compounds. Some organisms, like producers (autotrophs) use this energy to make food (usable energy). How… Read More »Relationship and Interdependence of Organisms

This is an orderly and progressive replacement of one community by another till the development of a stable or climax community in a particular area… Read More »Processes and Types of Ecological successions

A biotic community is defined as a group of several populations of different species. The biological community in an area or ecosystem is a complex… Read More »General knowledge on Biotic Communities

A Food Chain The transfer of food from the plants (producers) through a series of organisms with repeated eating and being eaten is called a… Read More »Differences between Food Chain and Food Web

This is the transfer of food from the plants (producers) through a series of organisms with repeated eating and being eaten is called a food… Read More »Energy Loss in Food Chain and Food Web

organisms and their abiotic environment, especially at relatively large spatial scales. The insights and approaches of population ecology, community ecology, and evolutionary biology. After all,… Read More »Microbial and Parasite Ecology

Ecosystem is a self-sustaining unit of nature. It is defined as a functionally independent unit (of nature) where living organisms interact among themselves as well… Read More »Basic Environmental Concepts and Theories

Biogeochemical Cycles: This is the process whereby matter such as water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus recycle within the ecosystem and through the atmosphere. All living… Read More »Biogeochemical Cycles and Hydrologic Cycle

The Etymological Meanings of Environment The term Environment which etymologically means surroundings is considered as a composite term for the conditions in which organisms live… Read More »Nature and the Etymological Meaning of Environment