Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits
Volume 4, Issue 3 (2014)
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Bioaccumulation Pattern of Heavy Metals in Saltmarsh Grass (Porteresia coarctata) of Indian Sundarbans
Abstract: Heavy metals (Zn, Cu and Pb) in saltmarsh grass tissue inhabiting Indian Sundarbans were studied during 2011–12. The selected heavy metals in the present study area originate from municipal and industrial sources. Samples from three different sites of deltaic Sundarbans were analyzed for selected heavy metals by AAS (atomic absorption spectrophotometer). The mean values of heavy metal concentrations were highest in Zn (68.17 ± 12.11 to 112.67 ± 30.17 in …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 1–10 Read article
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REBONDING FOREST FIBRE TO SUSTAINABLE DEPLOYMENT
Abstract: The significance of wood in artistic manipulations is unraveled to any other material used in engineering, commercial or in infrastructural uses. All this is at the cost of eco-sustainability, not directly because manufacturing remains ecofriendly, but indirectly; because forests are expended in realization of this raw material. The author pre-supposes that with the mere thought of cutting a tree, environmental degradation has already begun [1]. As a preventive measure, least …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 11–24 Read article
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Trend Analysis of Research on Arsenic Pollution in West Bengal, India
Abstract: West Bengal is one of the worst affected states in India in terms of arsenic pollution. Nine out of its nineteen administrative units are severely affected, five moderately affected and a population of over 28 million suffers from the maladies of arsenic pollution. The problem, reported initially in 1978, was clinically detected for the first time in 1983. It gained importance as an issue of concern in the late 80s …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 25–42 Read article
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Signatures of Increasing Energy Demand of Past Two Decades as Captured in Rain Water Composition and Airmass Trajectory Analysis at Delhi (India)
Abstract: This study reports chemical characteristics of rain water in Delhi during monsoon (2010–11) with a comparison to earlier reported values of 1994. The results showed that non-marine sources had significant influence on rain water composition. The pH of the samples varied from 5.24 to 7.48 with an average value of 6.52 showing an alkaline nature of rain water. However, the dominance of NO3− over SO42− indicated higher influence of vehicular …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 43–61 Read article