Tag Archives: Environment

Arabia Was NOT a Desert Always

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Arabia is a vast desert today,but it was not so always.  Satellite images have revealed that a network of ancient rivers once habited Arabian Desert. The images triggered a major potentially ground-breaking research project led by the University of Oxford into … Continue reading →

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New Particle

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Physicists from the University of Zurich have discovered a previously unknown particle composed of three quarks in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator. A new baryon could be detected for the first time at the LHC.The baryon family refers … 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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Rock Cycle:A Fundamental Concept of Geology

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

The rock cycle is one of the fundamental concepts in geology that describes the dynamic transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. Each of the types of rocks are altered or destroyed when it is forced out of its equilibrium conditions. An igneous … Continue reading →

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