Tag: life
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The Great Smoke: The Wake-Up Call of 1952
It was, by all means, just another early December day in 1952 London. There was a heavy smog cast over the city that lasted four days, till 9th December, but the citizens were used to that kind of weather. Nobody thought very much of it at all, until the following weeks where government reports calculated…
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The Everyday Use of Solar Power
Technology is a tool that is supposed to help us. It is used to facilitate human development and progress. But many times these gadgets that make life easier, are the very same we cannot lead our lives without. The everyday use of mobile phones and laptops are seen as a necessity – when in reality…
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Urban Heat Islands. What are they?
Globalization facilitates many social and economic process, one of the major being migration. Rural population migrates to urban areas in search for employment. About half the world’s population lives in these urban areas. With the ever increasing cluster of the masses, it is no surprise of how it is affecting the environment, making it more…
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Five Things that Make you Connected to Nature
What is the need to connect to nature? Why spend time staring at the sky when you have more important work to do like tweeting about what you ate today? Why would one bother to sit under the shade of the tree when there is an important file to be submitted? The pace of the…