Tag Archives : Industrial Revolution

In human evolution there were advances that were made by pressure and other environmental conditions because of advances in scientific knowledge and technology. The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century meant a big leap in the use of power tools and therefore established a large-scale industrialization and the use of steam power (replacing [...]

Carl Zimmer of environment360 writes about some current studies whose findings point to the alarming reality of ocean acidification. The figures are clearly a warning sign. If stomach acid has a pH of approximately 2 and pure water has 7, seawater at the ocean’s surface has a pH of about 8 to 8.3 pH units. But ‘when carbon dioxide enters the ocean, [...]

There is something about the Victorian era that has got everyone crazy about gadgets and gizmos all designed in the spirit of the bygone era. The heyday of Victorian era saw repression and lack of freedom but the industrial revolution gave people a new hope from the religious and catholic oppression they saw everyday. In fact it was more of Protestantanic [...]