Category Archives: Environment

The Rise and Fall of Mesopotamia: Humanity’s First Great Experiment with Civilization

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Rashid Faridi

In the fertile lands between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, humanity’s first great experiment with civilization unfolded. This land, known as Mesopotamia, meaning “the land between rivers,” has often been called the cradle of civilization. Here, amid marshes, floodplains, and … Continue reading →

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Plastics and our Future

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

Kudos to National Geographic for its stunner of an issue on plastics and the environmental harms they cause. As this latest report and many other recent stories make clear, we are drowning in plastics. Bits of plastic have been found … Continue reading →

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Good Morning, Fellow Earthlings

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

A Tranquil Morning in Aligarh, India. Dense fog shadowed  SUN a bit though.Fog is a cloud in contact with the ground. Fog differs from other clouds only in that fog touches the surface of the Earth. The same cloud that … Continue reading →

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Silt: Environmental Impact

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

Silt is granular material of a size  between sand and clay.Silt particles range between 0.0039 and 0.0625 mm, larger than clay but smaller than sand particles. ISO 14688 grades silts between 0.002 mm and 0.063 mm.The origin trace back to whose is quartz and feldspar. … Continue reading →

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