Category Archives: water

Coral Reefs are Dying Due to Pollution Caused by Us

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Coral reefs like Chitales, near the northern tip of a Caribbean reef chain stretching from Mexico to Honduras, are dying around the world as people and cities put more stress on the environment. Climate change alone could trigger a global … Continue reading →

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World’s glaciers facing huge threat: UN

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

The United Nations said  that swathes of mountain ranges worldwide risk losing their glaciers by the end of the century if global warming continues at its projected rate. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report that whilst nature … Continue reading →

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Solar Power Breakthrough :A New Process Stores Energy for Later Use

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Within 10 years, homeowners could power their homes in daylight with solar photovoltaic cells, while using excess solar energy to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water to power a household fuel cell. If the new process developed at the Massachusetts … 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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