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A devastating dance of endogenic geomorphic forces of the planet earth: Earthquake, Volcanos and Tsunamis
Part I- Introduction and key definitions By Rohit Shukla The phenomena of earthquake volcanic eruptions and tsunami are the three most important geological processes which on the one hand cause enormous human and economic disaster but on the other hand are very interesting from the scientific point of view. It provides us a very useful […]
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The causes of natural disasters and the way the energy that is produced by the shock waves propagates through the surrounding media causing destruction.
By: Ruhi Nishat and Rohit shukla Part II- THE INTRICATE LAYERED INNER STRUCTURE OF EARTH. We take for granted the shape of our world and the position of the continents— the familiar geography that seems as eternal as the order of the planets. But this arrangement is temporary: it isn’t how the planet has been […]
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The causes of natural disasters and the way the energy that is produced by the shock waves propagates through the surrounding media causing destruction.
By: Ruhi Nishat and Rohit shukla Part- I: Early theories of the origin of the earth Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. By John Lubbock ( A scientist who coined the […]
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Answer to Geography Quiz (aGQ031120)
By: Rohit Shukla Chokepoint 1: Strait of Hormuz Chokepoint 2: Strait of Malacca Chokepoint 3: Suez Canal Chokepoint 4: Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb Chokepoint 5: Strait of Bosporus
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Geography Quiz – (GQ031120)
By: Rohit Shukla This geography quiz is about major strategic choke points of the world. A chokepoint refers to a point of natural or man-made congestion along two wider and important navigable passages. A chokepoint is a naturally narrow channel of shipping having high traffic because of their strategic locations. Given below are 5 suitably […]
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The ABC of Viruses (Part-4)… Vaccine and their working
By: Sugandh Sharma The Vaccine types. 1. Live attenuated vaccine – in this, the living microbes have been weakened in the lab so it can cause disease, because looks like a natural infection to the body, these vaccines are “teachers” of the immune system. Ex. Vaccines against measles, mumps, chickenpox. 2. Inactivated vaccine – inactivated […]
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The ABC of Viruses (Part-3)… What are vaccine and how do they work
By: Sugandh Sharma WHAT IS A VACCINE ANF HOW DOES IT FUNCTION? Immunity varies from person to person. Often we are faced with such diseases, by which our immune system makes antibodies but we cannot get rid of that disease and if the infection is more, then it can be fatal so we would use […]
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Natural and man-made disaster: What do we understand by a disaster (Part 2)
By Ruhi NishatFrom the time in memorial, natural disasters have been there. However, as the pace of our life gets faster and modern, not only natural but industries many of which involve the storage of toxic gases and chemicals have further contributed to it.Some days it rains so heavily that we cannot step out of […]
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The ABC of Viruses (Part-2)… Understanding how does a virus works
By: Sugandh Sharma A virus hijacks the cell’s internal systems and commands it to produce only biomolecules needed for making more viruses. Finally, the infected cell bursts open, and numerous viral particles are released, which, in turn, infect neighboring cells or be carried out as part of droplets in human breath externally. The organelles in […]
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Natural and man-made disasters: An introduction
By Ruhi Nishat and Rohit Shukla Nature has a myriad of weapons to combat human arrogance. On the planet earth, enormous energy storages exist in forms such as ocean tidal energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, seismic energy. It is important to appreciate that these energy storages are not static but dynamic i.e these energies keep […]