Introduction The fact that the pandemic COVID-19 has emerged as a “Jinx” for the year 2020 and 2021 needs no further elaboration. As of today (May 7th 2021), this disease has caused about 154,815,600 of morbidity with 3,236,104 mortalities throughout 223 countries.1 It is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2).2 This disease spreads by small droplets produced during coughing, sneezing (droplets travel up to 4.5 meters...

Introduction Floods are one of the phenomena that become more and more frequent and destructive due to the disorderly growth of cities and the lack of adequate urban planning 1. Thus, it is clear that floods are the most common type of natural disaster in Europe, taking into account the international database on disasters, representing 43% of all disasters that occurred during the period between 1998 and 20022. Floods can be defined as extreme hydrological phenomena of variable frequency...

Introduction Excavation of the mineral carried out by the two major ways that is sub surface mining (Open cast) and underground mining method. In both of the methods ground water play an important role because, due to mining geological pattern of the rocks changes that leads to change in hydrology of the particular region and ultimately it leads to water pollution or change in water quality & quantity. There is no question mark that ground water is the important source for survival ...

Introduction In this world of rapid globalization, the essential issues that is far more important for humans have been losing sight of. One is the importance of preserving the environment and our bio-diversity.1 With increased spillover of infectious diseases from wildlife to humans, there is loss of biodiversity at a disturbing rate.2 Researchers have concluded that biodiversity protects ecosystems against infectious diseases.3 Loss of species can be dangerous for the spread of pandemics....

Introduction Natural and anthropogenic sources are the two major areas from where arsenic (As) may contaminate the normal environment1. Contamination of arsenic can be toxic and fatal if it will enter the food web via water and soil routes. Previous researchers also observed the contamination of groundwater and foods via arsenic in different parts of the world2,3. Contamination of soil by arsenic may result from agricultural activities, various anthropogenic activities, etc. According to Hu...

Introduction Water could be regarded as a renewable resource, but in order to meet the needs of the human population and diverse developmental activities, it would have to become non-renewable, posing an environmental dilemma. Water is an integral part of life and is paramount for sustenance of the life cycle. Water resources are used for irrigation for agricultural output in addition to drinking and other domestic tasks.1 For human society and well-being, riverine systems provide a variety...

Introduction Various developed productions comparable dyes, plastics, textiles and paper productions using dyes in direction to colour produces too ingest considerable progression of water. As a consequence it types a significant quantity of coloured wastewater. It devises improved concerning the long period of poisonous outcome of water covering these liquefied contaminants. Dyes holding wastewater is frequently unconfined straight into the adjoining stagnant ponds, drains and river. Such ...

Introduction The symptoms of the current pandemic were first reported from Wuhan (China) in December 2019, when there was an abrupt increase in the number of fatal pneumonia cases. Gradually as the virus started spreading all around the world through International travel, it was identified to be a novel coronavirus and was nomenclatured as SARS-COV2 due to its homology with the earlier strain of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus that ravaged the world as an epidemic in the ...

Introduction With around 240,000 barrels of crude oil being spilled across the Niger Delta on annual basis1, the water bodies of coastal communities within most of Nigeria’s offshore oil and gas installations are often faced with a myriad of environmental and infrastructure-damaging occurrences stemming from associated activities such as crude oil transport and spillage via corroded surface or under-water pipelines, boating emissions, oil bunkering, refuse dumping, industrial effl...

Introduction Water is the foundation of life on globe. The water quality is the key to all of the roles that water plays in human body or their natural surroundings. Water is vital for human life, ecological functioning, socio-economic evolution, food supply and also poverty lessening.1 The superiority of accessible water varies spatially. The varying geological and climatic factors determine the provincial differences in water individuality.2 Depending on weather, the quality of accessible...

Introduction Individuals are specifically bound to the ecosystem. However, there seems to be no discrimination that the world is influenced by human behavior. Indeed, climate warming has a substantial impact on biodiversity. There has also been a persistent increase in global warming over the past 140 years, and now has a direct influence on a vast range of factors connected with the atmosphere. As a result of the start of industrialization, CO2 and methane are being injected into the atmos...

Introduction Urban air pollutants comprise vehicular emissions, industrial emissions, and emissions due to developmental activities. They are known to cause several ill effects on human health and the environment. Atmospheric ultrafine particles with  pollutants bound on its surface  can enter our body, which can penetrating deep into the respiratory and circulatory system, causing damage to   lungs, heart, brain, and other vital organs. Global data for A...

Introduction The exploitation of plants, either directly or indirectly to mitigate the contamination of natural resources like soil and groundwater and improve their quality is called phytoremediation. It is found to be a perfect approach and an acceptable way to address the ever-increasing problem of environmental contamination. The accumulation of toxic substances in the soil is a global problem and the development of plant-based technologies exploiting the strategies of biotechnology is ...