Category Archives: Environment

Stay Duration of Greenhouse Gases in Air

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Aside from water vapour, the four principal greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and the halocarbons or CFCs (gases containing fluorine, chlorine and bromine). These gases – described in more detail here – can remain … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Environment, Global Warming | 2 Comments

Amazon Fungus Will Eat Plastic Solving a Big Environmental Problem of Landfills

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Popular Science reports that a group of students from Yale found the fungus during an expedition to Ecuador and learned it breaks down polyurethane. This plastic is one of those modern chemical compounds found in so many products and it … Continue reading →

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2011 Ninth Warmest Year on Record

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA .NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which monitors global surface temperatures on an ongoing basis, released an  analysis that shows … Continue reading →

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Green Infrastructure:A Must for India

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Green infrastructure is strategically planned and managed networks of natural lands, working landscapes and other open spaces that conserve ecosystem values and functions and provide associated benefits to human populations. Green infrastructure is strategically planned and managed networks of natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecosystem, Environment | 3 Comments