Tag Archives: Environment

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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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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