Category Archives: Environment

Plastics and our Future

Posted on May 19, 2018 by

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

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

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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Dense Fog on Yamuna Expressway

Posted on January 24, 2016 by

The fog season continues.It is dense on Yamuna Express Way as cold wave engulfs North India. Heard that many Vehicles collided on expressway due to fog.

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