Volcanic eruptions affect aviation and flying in many ways. On a global scale, it affects trans-continental flights. Several intercontinental airliners have run into trouble by unwittingly flying into volcanic ash clouds, whereupon their engines have stalled. The biggest disruption to air travel in recent history was the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull in 2010. which shut […]
A nation is a collection of people occupying a particular portion of the earth’s surface, a territory they perceive as their homeland by right and who have a strong sense of unity based on similar historical experiences and a set of shared values, beliefs and attitudes that impart a high level of cultural and linguistic […]
India’s Maritime challenges are associated with the security and Governance of Indian Ocean, the threats to the littoral countries and the problems of Indian Navy. India’s densely crowded littorals have a higher density of human habitation than the global trend. Governance and Security Good Governance and social economic development nurtures a vital stake of India’s […]
With an energy starved population the significance of non-conventional energy resources has gone up. The priority of the energy and power sector is to harness renewable energy resources to meet the increasing power demand. The government is thus planning to roll out a ‘green energy corridor’ project to facilitate the flow of renewable energy into […]
YES. ECONOMIC GROWTH INEVITABLY LEADS TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOESN’T. Economic growth is a steady process by which the productive capacity of the economy is increased over time to bring about rising levels of national income. Economic growth is a unidimensional phenomenon which includes high rates of growth of per capita output and […]
Shale Gas is a form of natural gas that is trapped within shale (a fine grained sedimentary rock) formations, shale gas is known for more than a century. It was not seen as a viable alternative to petroleum fuels because shale drilling (which is done horizontally) is more expensive than conventional oil drilling. Shale was […]
Introduction The El Nino and La Nina are atmospheric oceanic phenomenon driven by atmospheric circulation and is better called as El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The Southern Oscillation was discovered by Gilbert Walker over seventy years ago. It is an oscillatory pattern of weather between the Pacific and the Indian Ocean extending from Africa and […]
Sunil Gavaskarwas anytime a much better player than Sachin Tendulkar and under any circumstance Gavaskar played as an opener taking the burden of opening the innings when the pitches were never covered, and facing new ball on uncovered pitches made the balls swing like a boomerang. Gavaskar faced the quality of fast bowlers that is […]
– Tibetan Rivers as a Weapon By ThubtenSamphel Among scholars and strategic thinkers in Asia and elsewhere, there is a new recognition of the enormous geopolitical and environmental importance of Tibet to the continent which is home to nearly half of the Earth’s population.1 This recognition is driven home by China’s stunning economic growth for […]
Most forms of condensation in the atmosphere result from the air being cooled in some way or the other. Condensation near the ground results from contact cooling, advection cooling and radiation cooling. A number of weather phenomena result from condensation occurring at ground level. Its important to understand the other forms of condensation before actually […]