40 Wind Energy And Wind Turbine Facts
The power of the wind is harnessed by mankind for thousands of years and was first used for transportation (on sea and land), for agriculture, and lately, to produce clean…
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Natural Gas
Natural gas is used today in many residential and industrial applications, mainly for electricity generation, heating, cooking and as a fuel source for vehicles. What Are The Advantages and Disadvantages…
What Are Wastewater Treatment Processes?
Wastewater treatment represents the process used to turn the water that can no longer be used for its initial purpose (also called wastewater) into an effluent that can be returned…
What is Flora and Fauna? – Definition, Importance, Examples
The environment on planet Earth consists of a large variety of habitats where we can find a very large number of plants, trees and animals of all sizes. Let's see…
Waste Management – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
There are three words starting with the letter "R" (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), which represents the waste hierarchy, and classify the waste management strategies used to minimize the volume of waste…
40 Facts About Tropical Rainforests
The tropical rainforest is a humid and warm forest due to its location close to the equator and is the cradle of many plants, trees and animals. Being a humid…
Advantages of Solar Energy
Solar energy is considered today one of the best alternative energy sources that will replace in the future the fossil fuels used today on a large scale. In terms of…
Freshwater Biome – Location, Climate, Temperature, Plants and Animals
Planet Earth is covered by a large volume of water, but only about 2.5% of this water is represented by freshwater, which means that the freshwater biome occupies a pretty…
Is Nuclear Energy Renewable?
Nuclear energy or atomic energy is the energy of the center of the atom where the nucleus is located and where we can find subatomic particles such as protons and…
12 Pros And Cons Of Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing or fracking, represents one and the same extraction process that injects a high pressure fluid into shale beds to release the oil and natural gas resources located in…
How Do Windmills Work?
The image of a rotating windmill has remained deeply embedded in our minds since childhood because we've already saw these amazing engineering masterpieces featured in cartoons, movies and even in…
Coniferous Forest Biome
The environment on planet Earth contains different types of flora and fauna, which creates several types of biomes representing major habitats occupied by a large and naturally created community of…