Textbook of Environmental Biology covers a wide range of topics: water resources, mineral resources, food resources, energy resources and land resources. The book also deals with biodiversity at the global, national and local levels as well as presents pollution case studies and disaster management. Different dimensions of environmental biology including topics like El-Nino and La Nina effect, ozone layer depletion, environmental water pollution, environmental soil pollution, noise pollution, pollution due to pesticides, natural disaster management vis-à-vis Tsunami, continental drift vis-à-vis earthquake, impact of urbanization, colonization in space sustainable environment, etc. also find their due place in the book. This book will provide adequate information with a minimum of effort on the Environmental Biology to readers / students, irrespective of their discipline. The book will also be of immense use to those appearing in competitive examinations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A.L. Bhatia
Prof. Arviind Lal Bhatia has been teaching for the last 33 years and is presently Head of the Zoology Department, Coordinator of PG Course in Microbiology and Convenor, Institute of Informatics and Instrumentation of the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He has been honoured with several national and international awards, namely, Young Investigator Awarad, ICRR, Holland; Young Scientist Award of Cambridge University; Alexander von Humboldt Award of Germany, etc. He has been nominated to the Biotechnology Advisory Board of Rajasthan and the Advisory Board of the reputed Government national magazine, Vigyan Patrika, NISCAIR, New Delhi. He has also bagged two Nnational Awards from the Rajbhasha Ayog, Government of India, for his books in Hindi. He has delivered several scientific and popular lectures in India and abroad and about a dozen students have obtained doctoral degrees under his guidance. He is on the editorial board of two research journals, and a well-known author of several textbooks. As a popular teacher, he has earned laurels from students, media and colleagues. He is espousing the cause of popularizing science among the masses.
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