Environment
- Scientific advancements, developing countries, trade,agriculture and society.
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Once upon a time when Taj Mahal was built the west was passing through the age of renaissance This has brought in industrial revolution while agrarian societies did not advance much and remained as so called developing countries. Agricultural products thei ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 10 2011 - 12:03pm
- Arctic Ice April 2011
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Arctic Ice April 2011 The Nares ice bridge is still blocking the strait. My forecast of breakup on April 07 ± 3 days was wrong. A forecast is only as good as the assumptions it is based on. My forecast was based on valid assumptions, but I missed somet ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 15 2011 - 5:29pm
- Will someone listen to cry of trees?
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I was deeply shocked to see row of trees drying up on the road leading the highest level of Govt of Rajasthan officials colony in Jaipur Gandhinagar. Someone chose to remove barks of these trees. I saw a large number of trees being axed a bit like wounding ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 18 2011 - 9:26am
- Tree instinct is to flower and producte seeds?
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During winters trees shed the leaves and become leafless. Once the spring season comes two kind of behavior are apparent. ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 19 2011 - 1:23am
- Marshlands are to be protected for human survival and survival of sea animals
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Marshlands are to be protected for human survival and survival of sea animals Shedding "crocodile tears" or as my father used to quote "why to cry over spilled milk" or as I would say " why to cry over spilled oil " is no long ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 20 2011 - 8:16pm
- This Earth Day, Let's Think About People
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It's Earth Day tomorrow, a day when environmentalists want to remind you that you are a parasite ruining a pristine ecology and there should be less of us. Well, by 'us' they mean you- they can't be killed or no one would be around to ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 21 2011 - 9:45pm
- Electric Car Owners, The Toll Rings For Thee
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What happens when you subsidize technology and then have a deficit in government? You tax the people you just paid. In Washington state, after years and millions of dollars in tax breaks to purchase electric (and hybrid) vehicles to make it at least close ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 18 2012 - 10:15pm
- The Oldest Arctic Ice
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The Oldest Arctic Ice The oldest non-glacial ice in the northern hemisphere is a small remnant of the former Ellesmere Ice Shelf which began forming about 5500 years ago. That remnant is breaking up. Where the ice shelf has vanished the fjords are free ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 27 2011 - 7:42pm
- Carbon For Water: Four Million Rural Kenyans To Get Safe Drinking Water
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According to 2010 World Health Organization data, almost 1 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is responsible for killing 1.5 million ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 27 2011 - 5:29pm
- Neem (Azadirachta indica) and Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) for semi-arid regions on calcareous soils
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One finds it difficult to raise trees in the sodic or saline soils with a calcareous hard pan. Some years ago I suggested that Neem and Shisham trees could be successfully raised in that kind of soil profile with limited water availability. They will not b ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 27 2011 - 1:10am
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