In 1896, a British bacteriologist name Ernest Haskin stood But On the banks of the Ganges, the local people fill earthen utensils with water. He hoped that the outbreak of dreaded cholera would not be under his watch. In your effort itHankin made some extraordinary discovery: Water drawn from the river seemed to kill the pathogen within hours. In Wales where Ganga water was not introduced, However, Bacteria flourish -flower.
Disgusting, Hunkin used, to filter and heat the water to determine if it became so inhuman for cholera. That hypothesisSEd that an unseen biological agent was at work. The assumption that Ganges River Those who define traditional knowledge can maintain their self-purification qualities. Even as evidence, the idea was rejected as anecdotes,A bizarre of the mythology of the river instead of a ceremony of science.
Hunkin’s discovery will take another For three decades AccreditSEd as bacteriophage action, Viruses that specially hunt on bacteria. It was not until the 21st century that modern research equipment finally confirmed what Hunkin was in doubt.
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many Recent study Map of the prevalence of bacteriophage in the Ganges RiverIn water samples collected from Hardwar to Varanasi. These studies have found abnormal high concentrations of stages targeting common pathogens of waterborne diseases. Some scientists have Even Isolated bacteriophages that neutralize deadlyAntibiotic resistant Bacteria.
When the phase therapy was first discovered, RcleverS Ganges was Ganga An unused reservoir.
But bacteriophagesS Only is it present because its hunting, bacteria, are found in abundance. They will not be present without them. Simply say, the presence of bacteria-killing virus is a symptom of bacteria pollution. This is not a sign Some? Powerful power of the river.
Also, tHe is the presence of bacteriophages only a small part of the Ganges story. River secretAnti-bacterial water Lie in your unique geo -rasic properties.
About all silicates
On the slopes of the HimalayasS And in the water of the Ganges and its tributaries, an invisible process comes out. it Was Nobel laureate was first expressed by the winner Herold Ure, who proposed a misleading simple equation: cum2 feedback Calcium-bearing silicate rocks, formation of limestone and release silicate. This response, playing on the geological time, acts as a planet thermostat, draws carbon dioxide from the air and closes it into the sea gab. This entry called deep carbon buried prevents carbon from returning to the atmosphere, which helps to regulate Atmospheric CO2 and Global Warming.
Anywhere this process is not more clear than the HimalayasSWhere young, rapid erased rock faces provide an ideal surface for chemical weathering. Rain made a little acidic By atmospheric CO2Washing the sediment under the Ganges, scrubs the mountain shocks River And eventually for the deep valleys of the Bay of Bengal. There, carbon minerals and long -term storage reside, part of a huge, slow -moving cycle that has regulated global temperature for millions of years.
In theory, it should be a stabiliSForce force. In the Bengal basin alone, the amount of organic carbon buried up to 20 percent of the terrestrial organic carbon up to 20 percent of the oceanic sediments. But this process is not immune for dissolution. Some? Climate scientists have attracted their attention when pollution, deforestation, uncontrolled urbaniSOnion, and large and small dams interfere Carbon feedback Explained by urey,
Ganges RiverThe landscape seems to be quite complicated. The rocks and sediments carrying below the high Himalayas define its chemistry. Highlands, calcium, magnesium and bicarbonate dominate, pointing Carbonate weatheringBut as the river descends, sodium, potassium, and additional bicarbonate Silicate weathering And input from alkaline soil and groundwater.
Each river clay and sediment Are Unique, and they enter a variety of silicate-rich minerals. These minerals stop Bacteria Development, killSwallow them Or ReducIng IR Breeding. The river collects various silicate concentrations, with its curriculum: Concentration high, lower Bacterial matters.
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No pure force now
A 2024 paper Is found that The dissolved Silicon (DSI) of the Ganges and Silicon Isotopes construct in the river but their power decreasesStream, In the grounds.
At high altitude, only a few silicates tie with iron oxide and carbonate. W.HeN The river Meets Yamuna and Gomti, more silicone Is added, From Other Rocks and river sand. In place Where Gomti meets Ganga, silicate Concentration Its maximum limit reaches.
Sewage Dumps in the riverFarm and industrial pollution manufactureS Above And Many silicatesS Get bound By time That silicates Reach mid-Gangesthey are Completely indexed. Most are bound to organic molecules such as bacteria or sewage. This is not the case In the pre-industrial ageLike cities and industries have increased, Ganga’s silicate capacity Is reducedInstead to trap the cum2, it Now Human combines with waste.
Ganges River Is it not a self-clean force once now? Its silicate-rich water, and less, its innumerable bot-like bacteriophageSHuman stains are disappearing as stains. Restoring the river is not just a matter of environmental protection or public health imperative. IT is important that this continuous engine of carbon capture is not lost for modern neglect.
Jana Lal is a biochemist and natural history writer. She is the author of ‘Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian subcontinent’ and ‘Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Virus’. His X handle is @Pranaylal. Views are personal.
(Edited by Prasanna Bachahav)