Land is the symbol and status for the nobles in manors or the king in the Middle Ages, but water has been becoming the most important symbol of wealth in the modern times. Speaking economically, development is every thing when talking about water. From petrol to clothing, poultries to flour, everything is made up […]
High and dry
The provincial metropolis braved another freezing day on Friday with the mercury registering below zero. Temperature was recorded at -0.2 degrees Celsius on the minimum side and 15.0 degrees on the maximum side. Moisture in the air dropped from 82 percent in the morning to 23 in the evening. The Met Office has predicted that […]
Caves: The ultimate in luxury!
Ever thought of a cave as a fashionable place to stay? Sounds incredible, but in Andalusia of Spain, well furnished caves are the hottest real estate trend right now! The town of Guadix is situated in a valley surrounded by clay cliffs. The Moors were the first people to dig out the soft rock […]
Delhi shivers at 4.4 C
Delhi shivers at season’s lowest 4.4 C However, weatherman predicted that there could be respite from biting cold in a couple of days due to an approaching Western Disturbance. The national capital continued to shiver today as the minimum temperature once again plummeted to the season’s lowest of 4.4 degree Celsius. However, weatherman predicted that […]
Polar ice cap vanished at record speed
Arctic ice at the North Pole melted at a record rate in the summer of 2007, the latest sign that climate change has accelerated in recent years, climate scientists said. "In 2007, we had off-the-charts warming," Michael Steele, an oceanographer at the University of Washington, said at the 2007 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, […]
Things we can do to Slow down Global Warming
Global Warming is in the news almost everyday – in newspapers and on television news broadcasts – around the world. Extreme weather conditions and climatic changes that are experienced across the globe have indeed become concerns of great proportion. Scientific records, in fact, indicate that the last 15 years have seen the 10 warmest years […]