Category Archives: water

Does cloud weigh? How Much?

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Have clouds  any weight at all ? How can they, if they are floating in the air like a balloon filled with helium? If one tie a helium balloon to a kitchen scale it won’t register any weight, so why should a … Continue reading →

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch : World’s Biggest Landfill in the Pacific Ocean?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N to 42°N. The patch runs over an indeterminate area, … Continue reading →

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Coldest Antarctic Water AT Ocean Bottom Decreasing for Decades

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Researchers have found a large reduction in the amount of the coldest deep ocean water, called Antarctic Bottom Water, all around the Southern Ocean using data collected from 1980 to 2011. These findings, in a study now online, will likely … Continue reading →

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Some key facts about the state of the planet’s water resources

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

At least 1.1 billion people, or about a fifth of the world’s population, do not have access to safe drinking water. Most of them live in Asia or sub-Saharan Africa. The total volume of water on earth is estimated at … Continue reading →

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