A brief account on environmental monitoring

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Environmental Monitoring

• Importance of environmental monitoring

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A brief account on environmental monitoring

• The level of business activities has grown
  tremendously which has created a certain negative
  impact on the environment in the form of
  pollution and environmental degradation. To do
  the business in future times, there is a need to
  indulge in a system which can provide a
  mitigation strategy to overcome the growing
  problems related to the environment caused due to
  business activities. The name given to this
  system is the environmental monitoring. This
  system makes use of certain environmental
  instruments to monitor the characteristics as
  well as the quality of the environment. These
  programs are developed based on certain programs
  and strategies which are based on reasoning and
  judgement. Let's have a detailed study about the
  various aspects of the environmental monitoring-
• What is the aim of this program?
• The underlying objective of the program for
  monitoring the environment is to show the world
  at large the short term as well the long term
  health condition of the ecosystem of the plant
  where we all live. The condition as well as the
  amount of the natural resources available on the
  planet is also assessed under this program.

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• The environmental instruments used in this
  monitoring program also provide aid to the
  lawmakers when they frame policies related to
  environmental planning. All the policies which
  assist in the restoration of the ecosystem are
  developed after doing a number of environmental
  exercises under this program.
• What are the different types of environmental
  monitoring?
• The program for monitoring the environment
  includes the process of monitoring the quality of
  air, water and soil in particular vicinity.
• Air monitoring
• Air pollution has been there for quite a long
  time. The emissions from the vehicles, power
  plants and vehicles have caused the degradation
  of the environment in the form of degrading the
  quality of the air. Apart from these, natural
  factors such as wildfires, dust storms and
  volcanoes also contribute to the levels of air
  pollution. Under the air monitoring, the
  pollutants present in the air are classified as
  well as monitored. Scientists look for better
  ways for controlling the toxic pollutants in the
  environment.

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• Water monitoring
• Under the program for monitoring water, the
  quality of water levels present in the lakes,
  streams, rivers, reservoirs, seas and oceans are
  monitored and efforts for the preservation of the
  same is made. The samples of the water are
  collected to keep a tab on the changing trends in
  the water properties, identifying the problem and
  deciding on the programs to curb the levels of
  pollution.
• Soil monitoring
• The soil monitoring is done to apprise the
  population about the sustainability of the
  ecosystem. Under this program, the environmental
  instruments first ascertain the characteristics
  of the soil and moisture available in the land,
  and then postulate the means for controlling soil
  erosion and ways for enhancing the crop yield.