Monthly Archives: June 2011

Rain Gardens: Natural Solution to Urban Water Pollution

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Rain gardens are also known as recharge gardens.A rain garden is a planted depression that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas like roofs, driveways, walkways, parking lots, and compacted lawn areas the opportunity to be absorbed. This reduces rain … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecosystem, pollution, rain, Urban Studies, water | 1 Comment

Google’s Different Versions of Map of India for India,China and US

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

  Found it on Spatial Unlimited . Thought of sharing it with you All. Read On… In Indian version of Google Maps, you can see Arunachal Pradesh and eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir as integral part of India. In US version of Google Maps, … Continue reading →

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Iceberg Fertilizer

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Iceberg   is a large piece of ice formed from freshwater that has broken off from a glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water.. Water picks up other stuff when it freezes whether as dissolved or scraped up. … Continue reading →

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20 Incredible Twitter Feeds for Space Geeks

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Guest Post by Sharon Lewis There are space geeks, and there are space geeks. Those people for whom “stargazing” is a real hobby, and not just an ambiguous euphemism, whose personal and professional dreams would be swallowed in a black hole … Continue reading →

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