Category Archives: oceans

Antarctic winter ice gets bigger; Arctic shrinks

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

The amount of sea ice around Antarctica has grown in recent Septembers in what could be an unusual side-effect of global warming, experts said on Friday. In the southern hemisphere winter, when emperor penguins huddle together against the biting cold, … Continue reading →

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Signs of Hidden Ocean Underneath Titan’s Crust

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Astronomers’ mental image of Titan, the solar system’s second-largest moon, used to be that of a vast swimming pool. But maybe they should have imagined a water bed instead. Last year, researchers reported that radar mapping of Titan by the … Continue reading →

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Arctic ice bigger than 2007, but thawing long-term

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Much is posted on net about Arctic Ice this year.Here is another one. Arctic sea ice is unlikely to shrink below a 2007 record low this year in a reprieve from the worst predictions of climate change even though new … Continue reading →

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Algal Blooms: Not Caused by Global Warming

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

There were reports about the effects of  global warming on algal bloom . As a geographer both interests me , besides i have a life-science background so i have natural interest in these. I have found an interesting and somewhat … Continue reading →

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