Environmental Ethics

Author(s): S M Jain
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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on earth congenial for inhabitants. The variation in case of mercury is 90° and that of Mars is 60°, resulting in extremes of harsh climatic conditions. The Steady State Theory of Universe i.e. its timelessness without beginning and end, assembling of new and disintegration of old in a harmonous way continuously still holds its ground. According to Prof. Jayant Narlikar the Big Bang Theory is not confirmed and each time new observations are made there are stronger reasons to look for alternative cosmologies. There is a perfect cosmic symbosis also in space-time and matter. According to Einstein gravity is consequence of the fact that spacetime is not flat but curved and warped by distribution of mass and energy in its bodies like earth. The mass of sun curves spacetime in such a way that although earth follows a straight path in four dimensional space-time, it appears to move along a circular orbit in three dimensional space. Thus matter and energy affect space-time and also vice versa.
Experimented illustration of Symbiosis :
The symbiotic relationship can be demonstrated by a simple .experiment. If a jar of glass is filled with pure water and algae is put in it and is sealed and put in sun light then algae will die after using and exhausting all the carbon-di-oxide (CO) available in the jar. In addition to algae if some snails are also put in it then snails will produce CO, by their metabolism and algae will be producing O, by photosynthesis. It will last for longer time. The system does not have mechanism to disintegrate the dead bodies of snails and will therefore collapse. Instead of pure water if water from a natural pond containing microorganisms is filled in the jar, it will become sustainable for indefinite period. The algae is producing oxygen (0) by photosynthesis which is necessary for snails. Snails are producing Co, for algae. Microorganisms in water will disintegrate dead bodies of snails and algae and turn into organic compounds required by algae and snails. There will be perfect balance, keeping populations of all the three symbionts constant
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