10 REASONS THAT WILL CONVINCE YOU TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE

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  Learning a new language is fun but it can be challenging too. It is not just great for your confidence, creativity and career prospects but also for your brain. Here are 10 benefits of learning a new language:   1.            Ward off Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease Learning a second or a new language makes changes in your brain structure which are linked with resilience against Alzheimer’s disease. It really can delay the development process of these two diseases. To maintain a healthy brain, we need to challenge and expand it consistently. Learning languages is a good option in this case.   2.          You become more smarter Your brain is a muscle and it also needs some exercise. When you learn new vocabulary and new grammar, your brain gets a nice workout which helps in improving the overall functionality of your brain. “You live a new life for every language you speak. If you know only one langu...

Our Environment amidst COVID-19

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip us, it is certainly bringing a change in our environment, a good change. There has been a significant improvement in pollution levels: air quality, reduction of noise pollution and a clean environment. Since the government implemented stay-at-home orders and halted all the transportation and industrial work, the air pollution levels have fallen down drastically. The skies are now beautifully blue and clear. Not only air, even the water bodies got a chance to get cleaned up. Due to everyone following social distancing and the closure of border by most of the countries, the deadly virus has surely hit the tourism sector but not the environment. The beaches and famous tourist places got cleaned up due to no generation of wastes by the tourists. Due to little or no vehicles running on the roads, the noise levels too have fallen down.

 

A decrease in greenhouse gas emissions has been noticed in China from where this pandemic started spreading across the world. In China alone, there has been a 25% decrease in carbon emissions over a period of just four weeks. Carbon monoxide from cars reduced by 50% in New York City in March 2020. Due to reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter emissions and also due to ban on air travel, air quality has improved significantly in all the major cities.

 

The South Asian River Dolphins have been spotted back in the river Ganges at various spots due to lower water pollution levels. It was considered as an endangered species for as long as 30 years. A critically endangered animal, Malabar Civet was spotted walking on the road in Kozhikode (India). Puma in Santiago (Chile), wild turkeys in California, Sika deer in Japan too were seen roaming freely on the streets. The environment seems to be really healing and several wildlife species are said to be returning back to its original habitat.

 

However, not everything is good here. Due to halt in recycling activities, large volumes of wastes are being generated every day. It has posed as a serious challenge for the waste management industry in the present situation where use of disposable products is promoted due to the fear of spread of the virus. Volumes of medical wastes too have risen with around 8.98M reported active cases around the world. The ecosystem and conservation zones are left unmonitored. Also, there is an increase in home deliveries of food items and essentials which uses single-use packaging.

 

The Coronavirus is now everyone’s main worry than our environment. Hopefully the situation will improve and people will continue to take care of the Mother Earth.

 

 


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