Author Archives: Rashid Faridi

An Aerotropolis is a metropolitan subregion whose infrastructure, land use, and economy are centered on an airport.It fuses the terms “aero-” (aviation) and “metropolis”. Like the traditional metropolis made up of a central city core and its outlying commuter-linked suburbs, the aerotropolis consists of 1) the airport’s aeronautical, logistics, and commercial infrastructure forming a multimodal, … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education:
SUMMARY The proper way of looking for causal relationships between time series data (e.g. between atmospheric CO2 and temperature) is discussed. While statistical analysis alone is unlikely to provide “proof” of causation, use…

Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education:
Water (H2O) has magical properties that make our planet suitable for us.  The video explains why most of the ocean water is about 4 degrees Celsius.  A transcript from another presentation draws the…