Monthly Archives: July 2009

New Digital Elevation Model Covers 99 Percent of the Earth

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Dear readers,found this good news on map room recently and thought of sharing with the world.Click here to read this interesting post.

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Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

When glaciers advanced over much of the Earth’s surface during the last ice age, what kept the planet from freezing over entirely? This has been a puzzle to climate scientists.Now researchers writing in the July 2, 2009, Nature report on … Continue reading →

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Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday… read on

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